Does Anton publish his engines in any other forum besides Telegram ? The preview channel doesn't work anymore for me and I can't figure out how to operate Telegram . It might be simple , but I'm not that smart ........

Thanks ,

Tom

i7 / 940 @ 2.93
2 threads ea
Ponder off
klo_50 openings
512 mb
Win 7 / Fritz 11
No egtb
Time Control : 1 min + 1 sec

Rybka 4.1 SSE 42x64 .......... 107 ......... +49 , -35 , =116
Gull II beta2 x64 ............... 93

Maybe another beta or two to break into the top tier..........

I'll bite....... any info on Pawno 1.0b ?

Stockfish 2.1.1 / PHQ settings ................50..........+31,-31,=38
Rybka 4.1 .........................................50

I used the old original PHQ settings ??

Aggresivness = 150
Mobility Middle Game = 125
Cowardice = 75

i7 940 @ 3.75 / 2 cores ea / 512 mg / klo openings / F11 gui / no tablebases

Time control : 4mins + 2 secs

Stockfish 2.1.1 PA GTB Gran2c..............51..........+26,-24,=50
Rybka 4.1.......................................49

Also ,

Stockfish 2.1.1 / PHQ settings ................50..........+31 ...

From Tord Romstad on CCC :

That's a badly flawed benchmark. Because all iOS devices until now has had single-core CPUs, Stockfish for iOS uses only a single search thread. The new iPad 2, however, has a dual-core CPU. The next Stockfish version will of course use both cores, and will be almost ...

Maybe just a small sample statistical fluctuation , but here's what I got..........

i7 (940) @ 3.75 / 2 cores ea / ponder off / Fritz 11 / 512 mb / klo_openings / no egtb

Time : 4 mins + 2 secs


Houdini_15a_x64_op ........... 57 .......... +33 , -19 , =48

Houdini 1.5 .......................43

Anybody know what these are ??

Are there Houdini derivatives already ??

_op seems to be the stronger of the 2 , maybe ??

I'm testing _op against regular Houdini 1.5 now ......... the evals look wild , but , bottom line is after only 22 games _op is + 6 ..........

i7 (940) @ 3.75 / 2 cores ea / ponder off / 512 mb / Fritz 11 / klo_openings / Both using egtb

Time : 4 mins + 2 sec

Spike 1.4 ......... 50 ......... + 31 , - 31 , = 38

Shredder 12 ...... 50

Close match , low draw %

Spike rallied down the stretch to tie the match , going +3 the last 7 games ...

Small samples , but , my data point .......

Tested Houdini 1.5 vs IvanHoe B50tAX64p , while changing a couple settings in Houdini

Houdini with sd = 14 scored slightly better than default

Houdini with sd = 14 + cont = 2 scored slightly worse than default

7 (940) @ 3.75 / 2 cores ea / ponder off ...