You can get a preview of MLA 2.0 for testing.

http://mogwai.lunarpages.com/lovely/index.htm

The system now integrates different sets of parameters depending on the type of position encountered during the game :

- Opening
- Middle game
- Standard (looks like "standard" board set-up)
- Endgame
- Defense

Of course the engine picks the parameters automatically, depending on the analysis of the position.

Enjoy, tell me if it works.  

--Last edited by AbaloneTheory-forum on 2006-01-20 04:10:35 --

Hi all,

I have just finished porting Peter Tax's Abalone program from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X
(technically, it has been carbonized, as they at Apple). It is available here :

http://cassio.free.fr/abalone/

I have also included a couple of new evaluation functions and accelerated the search
engine, and I think the program is quite strong now, (especially using the last two
strategies : Epaminondas and Hannibal). I would be really interested to know how it
performs against other programs...

The souce code is also available, of course. Thanks to Peter for making it public in the first place !

Enjoy,
Stéphane