elo comparison and depth : a way to validate search ?

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elo comparison and depth : a way to validate search ?

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Dear all,

wondering if there are still bugs in Weini search, I did a tournament between the same version of the engine but limited to a specific search depth (NOT including QSearch) : so in the next table, Weini6 means Weini limited to search depth 6 (after that there is an unlimited qsearch including only capture moves). I did this at quite short TC (40moves/1min time control) so above depth 10 those results are compromised as Weini only go at higher depth in end games with such TC.

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Rank Name                          Elo     +/-   Games   Score   Draws
   1 15                            170      28     412   72.7%   36.7%
   2 14                            149      26     411   70.2%   41.1%
   3 13                            146      26     412   69.9%   40.3%
   4 12                            146      26     411   69.8%   41.4%
   5 10                            144      26     412   69.7%   40.3%
   6 11                            143      27     412   69.5%   38.1%
   7 9                             102      25     412   64.3%   43.7%
   8 8                              59      26     411   58.4%   39.9%
   9 7                              12      25     412   51.7%   43.2%
  10 6                             -29      26     411   45.9%   39.7%
  11 5                             -88      29     412   37.6%   29.6%
  12 4                            -152      30     412   29.4%   27.2%
  13 3                            -228      34     412   21.2%   21.6%
  14 2                            -327      42     412   13.2%   13.3%
  15 1                            -462      47     412    6.6%   13.1%
Is this kind of elo gain per depth is sign of good health ?

Let's say Weini is a 2000elo engine at blitz TC, does it means just the engine evaluation+QSearch is >1500elo ?