shrapnel wrote:Looks like Houdini is good only at these TCs. Rapid and Blitz, its Time Management is HORRIFIC, no matter what value I feed in for Overhead.
If you like to analyze chess positions, and you give more than a few seconds of time, then Houdini is a must have.
For tactical positions, it simply is the best.
There are some experiments in the Rybka forum showing Houdini's prowess.
I only wish there were a Linux version.
I have not tried Houdini 6, but Houdini 5 works well for me in Ubuntu (Mint) via Wine.
My Linux machines are all NUMA at home. I read that there were problems configuring Houdini for NUMA on Linux.
Besides, I want no taste of Windows on my Linux systems. It's time for me to make a clean break. All my new systems will be some form of Linux (Last one was Ubuntu, the one I just bought will be Centos).
I have thought about Mint. I might try some others.
Taking ideas is not a vice, it is a virtue. We have another word for this. It is called learning.
But sharing ideas is an even greater virtue. We have another word for this. It is called teaching.
I watched stockfish 8 vs stockfish 8 on my S7 edge handphone very often and noticed that Stockfish drew a lot of games with threefold repetition. May be a little bit randomness ( let say within 0.05 evaluation) might help to improve stockfish.
So I was right to hope for a Houdini / Komodo final this time. Now I would bet than Houdini is the slighty favorite here and says he will win with 52%.
I think contempt helped Komodo a lot but might be a little less strong in head to head, even if Houdini is not update. But I might be wrong if the next Komodo has won some more elo.
JJJ wrote:So I was right to hope for a Houdini / Komodo final this time. Now I would bet than Houdini is the slighty favorite here and says he will win with 52%.
I think contempt helped Komodo a lot but might be a little less strong in head to head, even if Houdini is not update. But I might be wrong if the next Komodo has won some more elo.