Albert Silver
Albert Silver,
a Brazilian independent information services professional, chess player [2],
chess and computer chess journalist, aficionado, tester and expert, from 1999 - 2002 affiliated with Convekta as software designer for Chess Assistant,
and editor and writer at ChessBase News [3] [4].
He is author the Silver Openings Suite [5] and the Silver Gambit Suite [6] [7] meant to be used in test matches between engines, and served as moderator in CCC.
Deus X
Fascinated by the development initiated by DeepMind with AlphaGo and AlphaZero, and the AlphaZero inspired open source community project Leela Chess Zero, combining Deep learning techniques with Monte-Carlo Tree Search, Albert Silver made his own experiments to train the network, relaxing the "Zero" paradigm of pure reinforcement learning from ground up, but supervised learning, feeding in high quality games played by other strong chess playing entities. His Lc0 derivative dubbed Deus X [8] won the PT 54 and became prototype of the commercial ChessBase cloud project Fat Fritz [9].
Selected Articles
2010 ...
- Test your engines – the Silver Openings Suite from ChessBase.news, February 23, 2010
2011
- Computer survival guide for chess players by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, November 22, 2011
2012
- ChessBase Online for Android – Creating a specific book by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, July 18, 2012
- Playchess on Android review by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, September 05, 2012
- Houdini 3: the new king of the block (part one) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, November 13, 2012 » Houdini
- Houdini 3: Analyzing in the cloud (part two) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, November 17, 2012
2013
- CB for Android: Analyzing your games by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, July 10, 2013
- Lending your private Cloud Engine by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, November 28, 2013
- Engines and endgame tablebases by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, December 12, 2013 » Endgame Tablebases
- Web publishing with ChessBase 12 (part 1/3) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, December 22, 2013 » ChessBase (Database)
- Web publishing with ChessBase 12 (part 2/3) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, December 26, 2013
- Web publishing with ChessBase 12 (part 3/3) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, December 29, 2013
2014
- Introducing the online ChessBase database by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, January 17, 2014
- Analyzing your games with Fritz (Part one) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, June 02, 2014 » Fritz
- Analyzing your games with Fritz (Part two) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, June 04, 2014
- Analyzing your games with Fritz (Part three) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, June 07, 2014
- Komodo 8: the smartphone vs desktop challenge by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, September 24, 2014 » Komodo 8, Android
- Analyzing games with Komodo (Part one) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, November 12, 2014 » Komodo
- Analyzing games with Komodo (Part two) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, November 13, 2014
- ChessBase 13: everything you wanted to know by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, November 22, 2014 » ChessBase (Database)
- Komodo 8: Deep Blue revisited (part one) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, December 26, 2014 » Komodo, Deep Blue, Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997 [10]
- Komodo 8: Deep Blue revisited (part two) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, December 31, 2014
2015 ...
- Komodo 8: Deep Blue revisited (part three) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, January 09, 2015
- ChessBase Online: 3D boards and Fritz 14 by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, February 01, 2015
- Syzygy Tablebases: newest, fastest, smallest by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, February 08, 2015 » Syzygy Bases
- Syzygy tablebases: maximizing performance by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, February 10, 2015
- MyGames: free Cloud Database on the web (1/2) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, February 15, 2015
- MyGames: free Cloud Database on the web (2/2) by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, February 18, 2015
- Deep Blue's cheating move by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, February 19, 2015 » Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997
- Cloud Database: saving and updating your games by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, February 21, 2015
- Deep Fritz 14 now with ChessBase for Android by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, February 23, 2015 » Fritz, Android
- Musical giants and chess by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, March 14, 2015
- BBC Radio talks with John Nunn by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, April 11, 2015 » John Nunn
- Online Database: preparing against a player by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, September 01, 2015 » ChessBase (Database)
- ChessBase: larger text and bigger board by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, September 06, 2015
- The world's smallest chess engines by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, September 23, 2015 » 1K ZX Chess, BootChess, Toledo Nanochess, Micro-Max
2016
- Fritz 15 engine - questions and answers by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, January 04, 2016 » Fritz, Vasik Rajlich
- AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol: history in the making by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, March 13, 2016 » AlphaGo
- Komodo: Birth of a chess engine by Priyadarshan Banjan and Albert Silver, ChessBase News, July 20, 2016 » Komodo
- Machine creativity: what it is and what it isn't by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, August 28, 2016 » AlphaGo, Machine Creativity [11]
2017
- AMD releases new Ryzen processor by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, March 03, 2017 » AMD
- Using your home chess engine anytime, anywhere by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, May 09, 2017
- The future is here – AlphaZero learns chess by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, December 06, 2017 » AlphaZero
- Fritz 16 — a fun and instructive opponent by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, December 11, 2017 » Fritz
2018
- Inside the (deep) mind of AlphaZero by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, December 07, 2018
2019
- Fat Fritz – What on Earth is that? by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, August 13, 2019
- Fat Fritz and the KID by Albert Silver, ChessBase News, August 26, 2019
Forum Posts
1998 ...
- LCT II results of Reb9, F5, and H6 on K6/233 by Albert Silver, CCC, January 03, 1998 » LCT II, Rebel, Fritz, HIARCS
2000 ...
- Was the List 5.12 issue ever cleared? by Albert Silver, CCC, February 26, 2004 » List
- ProbCut: An Effective Selective Extension of the Alpha-Beta Algorithm by Albert Silver, CCC, July 21, 2004 » ProbCut
- Chess training with software - from 2200 to 2400+ in 2 years by Albert Silver, CCC, July 23, 2004
- Re: Question to Albert Silver by Albert Silver, CCC, November 03, 2004
2005 ...
- Request for CEBoard and PocketGrandmaster by Albert Silver, CCC, January 16, 2006 » PocketGrandmaster
- Rybka 3: The dark truth behind the hype by Albert Silver, CCC, July 25, 2008 » Rybka
- Personal test position: Can you see the follow-up? by Albert Silver, CCC, September 23, 2008
- Running chess engine(s) from a pendrive by Albert Silver, CCC, August 05, 2009
2010 ...
- Clarification requested by Albert Silver, CCC, January 24, 2010
- New Chess Course software by ChessOk by Albert Silver, CCC, February 24, 2010 » ChessOk
- GUI idea: Testing until certainty by Albert Silver, CCC, December 07, 2010
- Grandmaster prefers Stockfish evals by Albert Silver, CCC, September 29, 2011 » Stockfish
- Intel vs AMD: which does your engine prefer? by Albert Silver, CCC, November 04, 2011 » Intel, AMD
- IPON ratings calculation by Albert Silver, CCC, December 29, 2011 » IPON
- Cloud Engine computing by Albert Silver, CCC, May 28, 2012
- Free Playchess accounts for original engine authors by Albert Silver, CCC, February 20, 2013 » Playchess
- Hybrid Memory Cube effect on computer chess by Albert Silver, CCC, April 05, 2013 » Memory [12]
- Complete 7-piece tablebases are out! by Albert Silver, CCC, April 12, 2013 » Lomonosov Tablebases
- Publish your engine for ChessBase on Android by Albert Silver, CCC, July 06, 2013 » ChessBase, Android
- Stockfish 4 - Win x64 and Linux binaries (official) by Albert Silver, CCC, August 21, 2013 » Stockfish
- DGT and Android (or iPhone) by Albert Silver, CCC, October 10, 2013 » DGT Board, Android
- Re: New Fritz author? by Albert Silver, CCC, November 20, 2013 » Fritz, Frans Morsch
2015 ...
- WAC cleaned and revised (201 positions) by Albert Silver, CCC, May 16, 2018 » Win at Chess
- Leela makes Tal proud by Albert Silver, CCC, May 18, 2018
- CLOP in cutechess-cli debug by Albert Silver, CCC, May 22, 2018 » CLOP, Cutechess-cli
- Graphs of evolution of Leela's openings by Albert Silver, CCC, June 02, 2018 » Leela Chess Zero
- New CLOP settings give Leela huge tactics boost by Albert Silver, CCC, June 04, 2018 » CLOP, Leela Chess Zero
- Re: Deus X Neural Network Progress by Albert Silver, CCC, January 03, 2019
Silver Openings Suite
Openings Suites by Albert Silver
- Silver Suite - Full (PGN) by Albert Silver, CCC, January 17, 2006
- Silver Suite - Short (PGN) by Albert Silver, CCC, January 17, 2006
- Silver.epd by Dann Corbit, CCC, January 18, 2006
- Silver Openings Suite - Revised and Expanded by Albert Silver, CCC, February 01, 2006
- Silver Openings Suite - Full (50 positions) PGN by Albert Silver, CCC, February 01, 2006
- Silver Openings Suite - Short (25 positions) PGN by Albert Silver, CCC, February 01, 2006
- Silver Openings Suite - Short (balanced) by Albert Silver, CCC, February 01, 2006
- NEW Silver Openings Suite by Albert Silver, CCC, February 11, 2010
- NEW Silver Gambit Suite by Albert Silver, CCC, February 16, 2010
- NEW Silver Gambit Suite - Expanded by Albert Silver, CCC, February 17, 2010
- Test your engines – the Silver Openings Suite, ChessBase News, February 23, 2010
Silver Test Positions
Test Positions by Albert Silver
- Test Position: Brilliant endgame shot by Albert Silver, CCC, January 24, 2010
- Test Position - The majority rule by Albert Silver, CCC, May 22, 2010
- Test Position: Ribli - Lobron, Germany 1992 by Albert Silver, CCC, June 05, 2010
- Test Position: Lemming disease (avoid move) by Albert Silver, CCC, June 05, 2010
- Test Position: Poisoned pawn by Albert Silver, CCC, June 05, 2010
- Test Position: Bring the bazooka by Albert Silver, CCC, June 06, 2010
- Test Position: One-way street by Albert Silver, CCC, June 09, 2010
- Test Position - Divide and conquer by Albert Silver, CCC, July 01, 2010
- Test Position: Punishing the stubborn by Albert Silver, CCC, August 02, 2010
- Test position: Inviting the fork by Albert Silver, CCC, November 13, 2010
- Test Position: Shirov-Eljanov analysis by Albert Silver, CCC, November 13, 2010
- Test Position: Mamedyarov-Wang Hao (32.g4!!) by Albert Silver, CCC, November 14, 2010
- Test Position: Karjakin-Kramnik (analysis) by Albert Silver, CCC, November 14, 2010
- Test Position: Ivanhoe-Rybka (brilliant knight sac) by Albert Silver, CCC, November 19, 2010
- Test Position: Rybka-Scaramanga (b6!) by Albert Silver, CCC, November 29, 2010 » DOCCC 2010
- Rook endgame: Wojtaszek-Navara by Albert Silver, CCC, January 16, 2011
- Test position: GM attacking lessons by Albert Silver, CCC, February 10, 2011
- Test position: Very tough and just tough by Albert Silver, CCC, April 01, 2011
- Test position: One more for the humans (Kurnosov-Najer) by Albert Silver, CCC, April 25, 2011
- Tough sac 19.Bg6!! (Hector-So) by Albert Silver, CCC, June 13, 2011
- Test position: Locking the cage and throwing out the key by Albert Silver, CCC, April 21, 2012
- Test position - Appearances are deceiving Nxd5!! by Albert Silver, CCC, June 23, 2012
- Monster move: 1...Nc3+!! by Albert Silver, CCC, July 03, 2012
- Test Position: Exchange or not (Javanbakht-Girish, 2012) by Albert Silver, CCC, November 15, 2012
- Test position: Kasparov-Pribyl (1980) - very tough by Albert Silver, CCC, December 12, 2012
- Test position: Kasparov-Yussupov (1981) by Albert Silver, CCC, December 18, 2012
- Test position: Fridman-Naidistch (2013) - Very hard by Albert Silver, CCC, February 13, 2013
External Links
References
- ↑ Albert Silver from ChessBase News
- ↑ Re: Question to Albert Silver by Albert Silver, CCC, November 03, 2004
- ↑ Albert Silver from ChessBase News
- ↑ Re: Rybka disqualified and banned from World Computer Chess by Albert Silver, CCC, June 29, 2011
- ↑ Silver Suite - Full (PGN) by Albert Silver, CCC, January 17, 2006
- ↑ NEW Silver Gambit Suite by Albert Silver, CCC, February 16, 2010
- ↑ Test your engines – the Silver Openings Suite from ChessBase.news, February 23, 2010
- ↑ TCEC season 13, 2 NN engines will be participating, Leela and Deus X by Nay Lin Tun, CCC, July 28, 2018
- ↑ 'Deus X' Unveiled as FAT FRITZ PROJECT... by supersharp77, CCC, August 13, 2019
- ↑ Komodo 8: Deep Blue revisited (1/2) by Graham Banks, CCC, December 27, 2014
- ↑ Shay Bushinsky (2009). Deus Ex Machina— A Higher Creative Species in the Game of Chess. AI Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 3
- ↑ Hybrid Memory Cube from Wikipedia