I made some modifications to my old Amazons bot.  The new bot is running as “NataliaBot3”:http://littlegolem.net/jsp/info/player.jsp?plid=39663 .  Feel free to play a game against her (send her an invitation); I'm eager to see how much (and whether!) she has improved.

good, long time since I played Amazons

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1649560&nmove=18

Got itself one queen down early on. Then decided it wanted to close the bottom right area at move #18, can't seen that it gained anything from that.

move 22 was strong

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1649560&nmove=22

[URL=http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1649560&nmove=22]Move 22[/URL]

Thanks for playing against her.  I thought this time I had finally solved that problem (I played a game against her and she managed to turn those “trapped” Amazons into large territory).  I will perform a few more experiments and see whether I can change that behavior.

If no one objects, I'm going to post a few rated games in the waiting room for my new bot Hippolyta.

If no one objects, I will enter her into the monthly cup too.