Stockfish

[Homayoun]

Author: Stéphane Nicolet
Date: Sun Sep 3 09:28:16 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1693726096

Introduce simple_eval() for lazy evaluations

This patch implements the pure materialistic evaluation called simple_eval()
to gain a speed-up during Stockfish search.

We use the so-called lazy evaluation trick: replace the accurate but slow
NNUE network evaluation by the super-fast simple_eval() if the position
seems to be already won (high material advantage). To guard against some
of the most obvious blunders introduced by this idea, this patch uses the
following features which will raise the lazy evaluation threshold in some
situations:

- avoid lazy evals on shuffling branches in the search tree
- avoid lazy evals if the position at root already has a material imbalance
- avoid lazy evals if the search value at root is already winning/losing.

Moreover, we add a small random noise to the simple_eval() term. This idea
(stochastic mobility in the minimax tree) was worth about 200 Elo in the pure
simple_eval() player on Lichess.

Overall, the current implementation in this patch evaluates about 2% of the
leaves in the search tree lazily.

--------------------------------------------

STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 60352 W: 15585 L: 15234 D: 29533 Elo +2.02
Ptnml(0-2): 216, 6906, 15578, 7263, 213
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/ ... ffae366209

LTC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 35106 W: 8990 L: 8678 D: 17438 Elo +3.09
Ptnml(0-2): 14, 3668, 9887, 3960, 24
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/ ... 4e3f04c0e7

verification run at VLTC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 74362 W: 19088 L: 18716 D: 36558 Elo +1.74
Ptnml(0-2): 6, 7226, 22348, 7592, 9
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/ ... 4e3f04d3ae

All three tests above were run with adjudication off, we also verified that
there was no regression on matetracker (thanks Disservin!).

https://abrok.eu/stockfish/

Note: From now on I will share only stockfish devs that show great Elo peogress.

[Homayoun]

Note: I will share only stockfish devs that show total elo progress more than 0.5 ( total elo > 0.5).

[Anton101]

This is a new great patch...

https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/ ... e8259a7010

[Homayoun]

This is a new great patch...

https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/ ... e8259a7010

Thanks

[Anton101]

Regards.

[Sedat Canbaz]

Thank you friends for all these updates..
Otherwise I can not imagine without you!

Keep up the good work

[Homayoun]

Thank you friends for all these updates..
Otherwise I can not imagine without you!

Keep up the good work

Thanks too, Mr. Sedat. My feeling is same too. I can’t continue without the help and support of good friends, like you and other friends too.

All the bests

[Anton101]

Two new nets that so far promise...Patience...

https://github.com/linrock/Stockfish/co ... e1fdab7e2d

and, https://github.com/linrock/Stockfish/co ... 6cdcc727c4

By Linrock as usual.

[ZamChess]

Thanks

[Anton101]

Seems we have a new net soon!!!

https://github.com/linrock/Stockfish/co ... 3579423669