Houdini 6 has been released

[Nordlandia]

Is commercial Android version on the agenda?

[Vinvin]

Are you claiming it's stronger than the latest ASMfish? (That would be amazing if true)

A good idea for a long match

[Hurnavich]

Hi, same here last time about 2 min for H5 this time still waiting and i have checked spam folder.
Looks like i will have to send email

[Thomas Lagershausen]

It would be very,very nice from Robert Houdard to send a copy of Houdini 6 to the swedish people of SSDF ratinglist.

For us customers is this very interesting because the people of SSDF are testing on a Ryzen 7 cpu.

i hope Robert will read this and think about this.

[Jouni]

I think SSDF people are rich doctors and similar and can afford to buy?

[FahadRahman]

I need Android or iOS or bot. Please Make possible Houdini 6 for smartphone

[shrapnel]

Actually, some of us wouldn't even know about hacked or cracked software. We don't look for it as it's not in our interest, and not our job

What you say is absolutely True. It is also True that Pigs have Wings and Grandmas need to be taught how to suck eggs.....

[Hurnavich]

My first Game with Houdini 6 my 6 core 1100T AMD vs 38 threads


[pgn][Event "Rated game, 5 min"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2017.09.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivers, Raubfisch ME262_GTZ"]
[Black "Hurnavich, Houdini 6 x64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "0.48;0.51"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2017.09.19"]
[TimeControl "300"]

{Raubfisch ME262_GTZ15c (38 threads): 36.9 plies; 46,715kN/s Intel(R) Xeon(R)
CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz 2993MHz, (20 cores, 40 threads), Phantom 8.6g.ctg,
1024 MB} 1. e4 {B 0} e5 {B 0} 2. Nc3 {B 0} Nf6 {B 0} 3. g3 {B 0} Bc5 {B 0} 4.
Bg2 {B 0} Nc6 {B 0} 5. d3 {B 0} O-O {B 0} 6. Nge2 {B 0} a5 {B 0} 7. O-O {B 0}
d6 {B 0} 8. h3 {B 0} Bd7 {B 0} 9. Kh2 {B 0} Rb8 {B 0} 10. f4 {B 0} b5 {B 0} 11.
f5 {B 0} Nd4 {B 0} 12. Nxd4 {B 0} exd4 {B 0} 13. Nd5 {0.48/27 13} Nxd5 {0.51/
22 18} 14. exd5 {0.62/30 0} f6 {0.63/23 11} 15. g4 {0.62/30 7 (Qg4)} Bb4 {0.55/
22 12 (Qd8-e7)} 16. Rf4 {0.58/28 8 (h4)} Re8 {0.60/24 16 (Bb4-c5)} 17. Bd2 {0.
70/28 8} Bc5 {0.81/24 19} 18. Be4 {0.77/27 0} h6 {0.64/21 5 (Rb8-a8)} 19. h4 {
0.92/24 9 (Rf1)} Qe7 {0.67/21 9} 20. Qg1 {0.82/30 0 (Rf1)} Qe5 {1.00/24 29} 21.
Bf3 {0.82/36 0} Bb4 {0.74/23 4} 22. Kh3 {0.44/33 28 (Kh1)} Bxd2 {0.56/26 9} 23.
Re4 {0.40/32 8} h5 {0.31/25 0} 24. Rxe5 {0.41/29 1} fxe5 {0.50/27 14} 25. Qg2 {
0.35/34 0} Be3 {0.33/23 4} 26. c3 {0.47/31 0} hxg4+ {0.29/25 8 (d4xc3)} 27.
Bxg4 {0.62/29 7} Rf8 {0.32/25 0} 28. Rf1 {0.60/31 11 (cxd4)} Rf6 {0.31/24 5
(d4xc3)} 29. Qc2 {0.62/30 6 (cxd4)} Rc8 {0.38/23 4 (d4xc3)} 30. cxd4 {0.55/30
13} exd4 {0.37/25 0 (Be3xd4)} 31. Qb1 {0.40/30 21 (Qg2)} Rcf8 {0.18/25 9
(Kg8-h8)} 32. Qc2 {0.42/32 5 (h5)} Rc8 {0.12/39 5} 33. Qd1 {0.51/35 18 (Qg2)}
Rcf8 {0.31/27 28 (Kg8-h8)} 34. h5 {0.25/34 14} Rc8 {0.33/26 0 (Kg8-h7)} 35. Kg3
{0.72/27 6} Re8 {0.38/24 4 (Kg8-h7)} 36. Qc2 {0.73/26 4} Rc8 {0.29/23 1} 37. b3
{0.73/31 3 (a3)} Kh7 {0.54/26 22 (c7-c6)} 38. Bf3 {0.98/30 10} Kg8 {0.58/26 0}
39. Be4 {0.84/30 1} Rh6 {0.57/23 0} 40. Rh1 {0.84/30 2} Rf6 {0.58/24 1 (Kg8-f8)
} 41. a4 {0.91/28 3 (a3)} bxa4 {0.65/23 4 (Be3-g5)} 42. bxa4 {1.07/26 3} Kh7 {
0.64/24 8} 43. Rf1 {0.60/29 4} Kh6 {0.62/25 0} 44. Kg2 {0.58/31 10} Be8 {0.26/
26 0} 45. Kg3 {0.43/31 6 (Qb3)} Bd7 {0.12/40 2} 46. Qb3 {0.32/32 10 (Qc4)} Rcf8
{0.22/26 3} 47. Qb7 {0.24/38 0 (Qc4)} Bxf5 {0.20/28 3} 48. Bxf5 {0.24/40 1}
Rxf5 {0.19/27 0} 49. Rxf5 {0.24/42 0} Rxf5 {0.18/29 1} 50. Qxc7 {0.24/39 1}
Rxd5 {0.17/29 0} 51. Qf7 {0.18/43 4 (Qc8)} Rxh5 {0.17/29 3} 52. Qf8 {0.18/44 4}
Rg5+ {0.12/30 0} 53. Kf3 {0.18/39 0} Kh5 {0.12/30 0} 54. Qe8+ {0.18/42 2} Kh6 {
0.12/32 0} 55. Qf7 {0.18/41 2 (Qd7)} Re5 {0.12/30 3} 56. Qf8 {0.18/45 0 (Qd7)}
Kh5 {0.12/31 3} 57. Kg3 {0.18/43 0} Rg5+ {0.12/27 0 (g7-g6)} 58. Kh3 {0.18/40 2
} Rg1 {0.12/28 2} 59. Qf5+ {0.18/38 0} Kh6 {0.12/30 2} 60. Qe6+ {0.18/40 0
(Kh2)} Kh5 {0.04/23 1 (Rg1-g6)} 61. Qf5+ {0.18/38 2 (Qe8+)} Kh6 {0.04/48 1} 62.
Kh2 {0.18/41 1} Rg5 {0.12/29 1} 63. Qe6+ {0.18/43 3} Kh7 {0.12/29 0 (Rg5-g6)}
64. Qxd6 {0.18/51 2 (Kh3)} g6 {0.11/30 1} 65. Qe7+ {0.18/50 0 (Qd7+)} Kh6 {0.
11/31 1} 66. Qd6 {0.18/45 0 (Qf8+)} Kh7 {0.03/36 1} 67. Qa3 {0.18/44 1 (Qd7+)}
Kg7 {0.11/30 1} 68. Qe7+ {0.18/53 3 (Kh3)} Kh6 {0.03/53 1} 69. Qf8+ {0.18/55 0}
Kh7 {0.12/31 4} 70. Qd8 {0.18/54 0 (Qf7+)} Rf5 {0.12/29 1 (Kh7-g7)} 71. Kg3 {
0.18/45 1} Kg7 {0.12/29 0 Hurnavich,Houdini 6 x64 offers a draw} 72. Qe7+ {0.
18/40 1 (Qd7+)} Kh6 {0.11/32 1} 73. Qh4+ {0.18/44 5} Kg7 {0.11/34 0} 74. Qe4 {
0.18/46 2 (Qd8)} Kh6 {0.10/29 2} 75. Qh1+ {0.18/46 2} Rh5 {0.09/29 0 (Kh6-g7)}
76. Qc6 {0.11/42 1 (Qb7)} Rf5 {0.05/26 1 (Rh5-g5+)} 77. Qe6 {0.11/44 1 (Kg2)}
Rg5+ {0.05/29 1} 78. Kf3 {0.03/44 0 (Kh2)} Rf5+ {0.03/29 0} 79. Kg4 {0.03/40 1
(Ke4)} Rg5+ {0.03/36 1 (Rf5-h5)} 80. Kf3 {0.02/46 4} Rf5+ {0.03/62 0} 81. Kg2 {
0.02/39 0 (Ke4)} Rg5+ {0.03/33 1 (Rf5-h5)} 82. Kf3 {0.00/64 1} 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[Hurnavich]

And another against 16 cores,

[pgn][Event "Rated game, 5 min"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2017.09.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hurnavich, Houdini 6 x64"]
[Black "MahalKita, Brainfish 020817 64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "0.10;0.10"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.09.19"]
[TimeControl "300"]

{Brainfish 020817 64 POPCNT (16 cores): 35.4 plies; 30,754kN/s Intel(R) Xeon(R)
CPU E5-2687W 0 @ 3.10GHz 3111MHz, Phantom 8.6g.ctg, 1024 MB} 1. e4 {B 0} e5 {
B 0} 2. Bc4 {B 0} Nf6 {B 0} 3. Nc3 {B 0} Nc6 {B 0} 4. Nf3 {B 0} Bc5 {B 0} 5.
O-O {B 0} h6 {0.10/28 10} 6. d3 {0.10/21 13} O-O {B 0} 7. Be3 {B 0} Bxe3 {B 0}
8. fxe3 {-0.03/22 8} d6 {B 0} 9. a4 {0.02/21 10} Nb4 {-0.05/26 9 (a6)} 10. Qd2
{0.16/21 26} a5 {-0.07/27 11 (Bd7)} 11. Ne2 {0.25/21 9} Qe8 {0.10/30 4 (Re8)}
12. Ng3 {0.26/21 7 (Nh4)} Be6 {0.10/25 7} 13. Bxe6 {0.18/21 6 (Nh4)} fxe6 {0.
10/26 6 (Qxe6)} 14. d4 {0.26/21 13 (c3)} Qg6 {-0.05/28 9 (Nc6)} 15. c3 {0.31/
24 6} Nc6 {0.10/33 35} 16. Qd3 {0.14/25 0 (Qc2)} Rf7 {0.10/32 4 (Rab8)} 17.
Rae1 {-0.10/23 12} Raf8 {0.10/34 0} 18. b4 {-0.13/20 1} exd4 {0.10/32 0} 19.
exd4 {0.02/25 5} Qg4 {0.10/34 19 (Nh5)} 20. bxa5 {0.06/22 5} Nxa5 {-0.01/31 2}
21. Nd2 {0.05/23 6 (Qb5)} Qg6 {-0.04/27 3} 22. Qb5 {-0.10/26 23} b6 {-0.06/32 0
} 23. Rf3 {-0.05/25 4 (Qe2)} Kh7 {0.03/30 10 (d5)} 24. Re2 {0.00/23 17 (Rff1)}
d5 {-0.06/30 9 (Ng4)} 25. Qb1 {-0.01/23 6} Kg8 {0.10/33 6 (dxe4)} 26. h3 {-0.
18/27 29 (Qe1)} dxe4 {-0.06/26 2 (Ne8)} 27. Ngxe4 {-0.08/22 3} Nd5 {-0.04/26 1}
28. Rg3 {0.15/23 6 (Rxf7)} Qh5 {-0.08/30 4} 29. Qe1 {0.11/24 2 (Qb5)} Nf4 {0.
03/33 14} 30. Ree3 {0.01/28 0} Nd5 {0.10/34 6 (Qd5)} 31. Ref3 {-0.05/25 7 (Re2)
} Rxf3 {0.08/31 5} 32. Nxf3 {-0.07/26 0} Nf4 {0.10/31 1 (Nc4)} 33. Ned2 {0.28/
20 2} Nc6 {0.10/32 1 (Nb7)} 34. Rg4 {0.30/19 2} Ne7 {0.10/34 0} 35. Kh2 {0.04/
21 10 (c4)} Neg6 {0.10/34 5 (Qf5)} 36. c4 {-0.14/23 9} Qf5 {0.10/41 0} 37. g3 {
0.02/21 2 (Qe3)} Nxh3 {0.10/36 4} 38. Rxg6 {-0.06/25 0} Qxg6 {0.10/36 0} 39.
Kxh3 {-0.05/27 1} Ra8 {0.10/38 1} 40. g4 {-0.04/27 1 (Ne5)} h5 {0.10/34 2
(Rxa4)} 41. Ne5 {0.17/21 2 (gxh5)} hxg4+ {0.10/34 2} 42. Kg3 {-0.03/24 0} Qf5 {
0.10/36 2} 43. Nxg4 {-0.04/27 0} Rxa4 {0.10/35 0} 44. Qe3 {-0.03/26 0} c6 {0.
10/36 2} 45. Nf3 {-0.03/27 1 (Ne5)} b5 {0.10/36 3 (Rxc4)} 46. Nh4 {-0.03/24 2}
Qf7 {0.10/38 0} 47. cxb5 {-0.07/25 2 (Nf3)} cxb5 {0.10/39 3} 48. Ne5 {-0.08/25
0 (Nf3)} Qe7 {0.10/34 2} 49. Nhf3 {-0.02/28 0} Ra3 {0.10/35 0} 50. Qc1 {-0.02/
27 0} Qf8 {0.10/42 2} 51. Qc2 {-0.03/28 0 (Qc6)} Qf6 {0.10/35 2 (Qf5)} 52. Qc8+
{-0.03/26 2} Kh7 {0.10/39 0} 53. Qc1 {-0.03/24 0} Qf8 {0.10/40 2 (b4)} 54. Qh1+
{-0.03/30 2 (Qg5)} Kg8 {0.10/1 0} 55. Ng6 {-0.03/32 0} Qxf3+ {0.00/40 2} 56.
Qxf3 {-0.02/53 0} b4 {0.00/47 0 (Rxf3+)} 57. d5 {-0.01/41 2 (Ne7+)} Rxf3+ {0.
00/46 5} 58. Kxf3 {0.00/67 0} exd5 {0.00/54 9} 59. Ne5 {0.00/27 0 (Ne7+)} b3 {
0.00/63 1 (Kf8)} 60. Nd3 {0.00/1 0} b2 {0.00/77 0 (g6)} 61. Nxb2 {0.00/1 0} Kf8
{0.00/37 0 (Kh7)} 62. Kf4 {0.00/23 2 (Nd3)} g5+ {0.00/38 4 (Ke7) Hurnavich,
Houdini 6 x64 offers a draw} 63. Kxg5 {0.00/27 2 (Lag: Av=0.53s, max=4.0s)}
1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[Lion]

Hello,

Thank you very much for the chess engine and dedicated work on it!

Is there some data you can share with us to back-up the claims of strongest chess engine & the claimed ELO gain?

rgds