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Coming soon - SF-McBrain 9 ...

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Based on the great open source project and chess engine, Stockfish 9, it is presented as an alternative engine when working on those difficult positions:
18 threads set on a 12 core 2010 Mac Pro with 8192M hash
[d]7k/pp2Np1p/2p2P1N/5pP1/7K/P4n2/1q3Q2/5n2 w - - 0 1

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dep	score	nodes	time	(not shown:  tbhits	knps	seldep)
 38	+4.87 	2.07G	1:24.06	Kh5 Qa2 a4 b6 Qg2 a6 Qf2 b5 a5 b4 Qg2 Qc4 Qxf3 Ng3+ Qxg3 Qe2+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh3 Qh1+ Qh2 Qf3+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh5 Qf3+ Ng4 Qxg4+ Kh6 f4 Qh1 b3 Nxc6 f3 Qh2 Qc8 Ne7 Qf8+ Kh5 Qd8 Nc6 Qe8 Nd4 f2 Qxf2 Qe4 Nxb3 h6 Qc5 Kh7 Nd4 Qh1+ Kg4 Qg2+ Kf4 hx 
 37	+4.76 	1.99G	1:20.96	Kh5 Qa2 a4 b6 Qg2 a6 Qf2 b5 a5 b4 Qg2 Qc4 Qxf3 Ng3+ Qxg3 Qe2+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh3 Qh1+ Qh2 Qf3+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh5 Qf3+ Ng4 Qxg4+ Kh6 f4 Qh1 b3 Nxc6 f3 Qh2 Qc8 Ne7 Qf8+ Kh5 Qd8 Nc6 Qe8 Nd4 f2 Qxf2 Qe4 Nxb3 h6 Qc5 Kh7 Nd4 Qh1+ Kg4 Qg2+ Kf4 hx 
 37	+4.63!	1.81G	1:13.65	Kh5! 
 37	+4.17!	1.66G	1:07.54	Kh5! 
 37	+3.88?	1.65G	1:07.48	Kh5 Qa2? 
 37	+3.97?	1.55G	1:03.32	Kh5 Qa2? 
 36	+4.27 	1.53G	1:02.36	Kh5 Qa2 a4 b6 Qg2 a6 Qf2 b5 a5 b4 Qg2 Qc4 Qxf3 Ng3+ Qxg3 Qe2+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh3 Qh1+ Qh2 Qf3+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh5 Qf3+ Ng4 Qxg4+ Kh6 f4 Qh1 b3 Nxc6 f3 Qh2 Qc8 Ne7 Qf8+ Kh5 Qd8 Nc6 Qe8 Nd4 f2 Qxf2 h6 Nxb3 Qe4 Qc5 Kh7 Nd4 Qh1+ Kg4 Qe4+ Kg3 Qe 
 36	+4.06!	1.32G	0:54.04	Kh5! 
 36	+3.67!	1.06G	0:43.52	Kh5! 
 36	+3.11?	962.8M	0:39.47	Kh5 Qa2? 
 35	+3.52 	948.0M	0:38.86	Kh5 Qa2 a4 b6 Qg2 b5 a5 a6 Qf2 b4 Qg2 Qc4 Qxf3 Ng3+ Qxg3 Qe2+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh3 Qh1+ Qh2 Qf3+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh5 Qf3+ Ng4 Qxg4+ Kh6 f4 Qh1 b3 Nxc6 f3 Qh2 Qc8 Ne7 Qf8+ Kh5 Qd8 Nc6 Qe8 Nd4 f2 Qxf2 Qe4 Nxb3 h6 Qc5 Kh7 Nd4 Qh1+ Kg4 Qg2+ Kf4 h 
 35	+3.48!	900.4M	0:36.94	Kh5! 
 35	+3.21!	767.8M	0:31.42	Kh5! 
 35	+2.94!	736.3M	0:30.11	Kh5! 
 35	+2.67!	689.1M	0:28.20	Kh5! 
 34	+2.40 	656.7M	0:26.88	Kh5 Qa2 a4 b6 Qg2 b5 a5 a6 Qf2 b4 Qg2 Qc4 Qxf3 Ng3+ Qxg3 Qe2+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh3 Qh1+ Qh2 Qf3+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh5 Qf3+ Ng4 Qxg4+ Kh6 f4 Qh1 b3 Nxc6 f3 Qh2 Qc8 Ne7 Qf8+ Kh5 Qd8 Nc6 Qe8 Nd4 f2 Qxf2 Qe4 Nxb3 h6 Qc5 Kh7 Nd4 Qh1+ Kg4 Qg2+ Kf4 h 
 34	+2.21?	656.5M	0:26.86	Kh5 Qa2? 
 34	+2.42?	656.3M	0:26.86	Kh5 Qa2? 
 34	+2.52?	656.2M	0:26.85	Kh5 Qa2? 
 34	+2.60?	656.0M	0:26.85	Kh5 Qa2? 
 34	+2.68?	655.8M	0:26.84	Kh5 Qa2? 
 33	+2.75 	606.0M	0:24.81	Kh5 Qa2 a4 b6 Qg2 b5 a5 a6 Qf2 b4 Qg2 Qc4 Qxf3 Ng3+ Qxg3 Qe2+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh3 Qh1+ Qh2 Qf3+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh5 Qf3+ Ng4 Qxg4+ Kh6 f4 Qh1 b3 Nxc6 f3 Qh2 Qc8 Ne7 Qf8+ Kh5 Qd8 Nc6 Qe8 Nd4 f2 Qxf2 Qe4 Nxb3 h6 Qd2 Qf3+ Kh4 Qxb3 g6 Qc4+ Kh5 Q 
 33	+2.62?	605.1M	0:24.77	Kh5 Qa2? 
 33	+2.70?	604.6M	0:24.75	Kh5 Qa2? 
 33	+3.20!	565.5M	0:23.16	Kh5! 
 33	+2.77?	543.7M	0:22.26	Kh5 Qa2? 
 32	+3.07 	488.4M	0:20.02	Kh5 Qa2 a4 b5 a5 a6 Qg2 b4 Qf2 Qc4 Qxf3 Ng3+ Qxg3 Qe2+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh3 Qh1+ Qh2 Qf3+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh5 Qf3+ Ng4 Qxg4+ Kh6 f4 Qh1 b3 Nxc6 f3 Qh2 Qc8 Ne7 Qf8+ Kh5 Qd8 Nc6 Qe8 Nd4 f2 Qxf2 Qb8 Qb2 h6 Nxb3 Qg3 gxh6 Qg6+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kg3 Qe3+ Kg 
 32	+3.02!	444.8M	0:18.23	Kh5! 
 32	+2.77!	402.1M	0:16.57	Kh5! 
 32	+2.52!	363.1M	0:15.02	Kh5! 
 32	+2.27!	351.2M	0:14.52	Kh5! 
 32	+2.03?	341.0M	0:14.03	Kh5 Qa2? 
 31	+2.18 	272.9M	0:11.28	Kh5 Qa2 a4 b5 a5 b4 Qg2 Qc4 Qxf3 Ng3+ Qxg3 Qe2+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh3 Qh1+ Qh2 Qf3+ Kh4 Qe4+ Kh5 Qf3+ Ng4 Qxg4+ Kh6 f4 Qh1 b3 Nxc6 f3 Qh2 Qc8 Ne7 Qd8 g6 fxg6 Qb2 Qf8+ Kg5 Qf7 a6 h5 Nxg6+ Kh7 Ne5 Qd5 Kf4 Kg8 
 31	+2.25!	264.0M	0:10.92	Kh5! 
 31	+2.17!	252.4M	0:10.44	Kh5! 
 31	+2.10!	239.3M	0:09.89	Kh5! 
 31	+2.02!	228.5M	0:09.46	Kh5! 
 31	+1.95!	218.4M	0:09.04	Kh5! 
 31	+1.87!	211.9M	0:08.76	Kh5! 
 31	+1.80!	202.7M	0:08.39	Kh5! 
 31	+1.72!	192.2M	0:07.97	Kh5! 
 31	+1.65!	183.5M	0:07.62	Kh5! 
 31	+1.57!	173.9M	0:07.23	Kh5! 
 31	+1.50!	164.5M	0:06.84	Kh5! 
 31	+1.42!	152.0M	0:06.32	Kh5! 
 31	+1.35!	139.7M	0:05.80	Kh5! 
 31	+1.27!	128.9M	0:05.35	Kh5! 
 31	+1.20!	122.7M	0:05.10	Kh5! 
 31	+1.12!	117.4M	0:04.88	Kh5! 
 31	+1.05!	112.7M	0:04.69	Kh5! 
 31	+0.97!	107.1M	0:04.46	Kh5! 
 31	+0.90!	98.8M  	0:04.12	Kh5! 
 31	+0.82!	91.3M  	0:03.81	Kh5! 
 31	+0.75!	82.8M  	0:03.47	Kh5! 
 31	+0.67!	75.7M  	0:03.19	Kh5! 
 31	+0.60!	71.7M  	0:03.02	Kh5! 
 30	  0.00 	7.39M  	0:00.31	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 29	  0.00 	2.96M  	0:00.13	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 28	  0.00 	2.95M  	0:00.13	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 27	  0.00 	1.65M  	0:00.07	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 26	  0.00 	1.09M  	0:00.05	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 25	  0.00 	1.08M  	0:00.05	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 24	  0.00 	556059	0:00.03	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 23	  0.00 	536535	0:00.03	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 22	  0.00 	507597	0:00.02	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 21	  0.00 	428468	0:00.02	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 20	  0.00 	227359	0:00.01	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 19	  0.00 	195986	0:00.01	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 18	  0.00 	191544	0:00.01	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 17	  0.00 	154488	0:00.01	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 16	  0.00 	106736	0:00.01	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 15	  0.00 	96596  	0:00.01	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 14	  0.00 	77901  	0:00.01	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 13	  0.00 	72966  	0:00.01	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 12	  0.00 	67425  	0:00.01	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 11	  0.00 	61107  	0:00.00	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
 10	  0.00 	55631  	0:00.00	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 Qf2+ Kh5 Qe2+ Kh4 Qf2+ 
  9	+2.45 	36618  	0:00.00	Kh5 Qb3 Qxf1 Ne5 Nexf5 Qxa3 Nh4 Qf8 Qe1 
  8	+2.34 	30172  	0:00.00	Kh5 Qb3 Qxf1 Ne5 Nexf5 Qxa3 Nh4 Qf8 
  7	+2.18 	28512  	0:00.00	Kh5 Qb3 Qxf1 Ne5 Nexf5 Qxa3 Nh4 
  6	+2.18 	27249  	0:00.00	Kh5 Qb3 Qxf1 Ne5 Nexf5 Qxa3 
  5	+2.25 	26329  	0:00.00	Kh5 Qb3 Qxf1 Ne5 Nexf5 Qxa3 
  4	+2.02 	24807  	0:00.00	Kh5 Qb3 Qxf1 Ne5 Nexf5 Qxa3 
  3	+1.29 	23039  	0:00.00	Kh5 Qb3 Qxf1 
  2	+5.05 	20629  	0:00.00	Qxf3 Qa2 
  1	+0.86 	127      	0:00.00	Qxf3 Qh2+ Qh3 
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[d]6k1/p7/8/4B3/Pp3p1P/qP5P/P1Rb2K1/8 w - - 0 1

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 33	+7.70 	1.61G	0:58.45	Kf3 Bc3 Kxf4 Kh7 Kf5 Bxe5 Kxe5 Kh6 Kf4 Kh5 Kg3 a6 Rc5+ Kh6 Rc6+ Kh7 Rc2 Kg7 Kg4 Kg6 h5+ Kf6 Kf4 Ke6 h6 Kf6 h7 Kg7 h8=Q+ Kxh8 Kg5 Kg7 h4 Kh7 h5 Kg7 h6+ Kg8 Rc8+ Kf7 h7 Qxa2 h8=Q Qd2+ Kf5 Qd5+ Kf4 Qd6+ Ke3 Qe6+ Kd2 Qd6+ Kc1 
 33	+7.65!	1.57G	0:56.88	Kf3! 
 33	+7.57!	1.55G	0:56.29	Kf3! 
 33	+7.50!	1.53G	0:55.47	Kf3! 
 33	+7.42!	1.50G	0:54.56	Kf3! 
 33	+7.35!	1.47G	0:53.47	Kf3! 
 33	+7.27!	1.45G	0:52.82	Kf3! 
 33	+7.20!	1.42G	0:51.50	Kf3! 
 33	+7.12!	1.38G	0:50.34	Kf3! 
 33	+7.05!	1.36G	0:49.50	Kf3! 
 33	+6.97!	1.33G	0:48.50	Kf3! 
 33	+6.90!	1.30G	0:47.46	Kf3! 
 33	+6.82!	1.27G	0:46.39	Kf3! 
 33	+6.75!	1.26G	0:45.85	Kf3! 
 33	+6.67!	1.23G	0:44.87	Kf3! 
 33	+6.60!	1.22G	0:44.34	Kf3! 
 33	+6.52!	1.21G	0:43.95	Kf3! 
 33	+6.45!	1.20G	0:43.50	Kf3! 
 33	+6.37!	1.17G	0:42.71	Kf3! 
 33	+6.30!	1.15G	0:41.97	Kf3! 
 33	+6.22!	1.12G	0:40.82	Kf3! 
 33	+6.15!	1.11G	0:40.38	Kf3! 
 33	+6.07!	1.09G	0:39.75	Kf3! 
 33	+6.00!	1.09G	0:39.64	Kf3! 
 33	+5.92!	1.07G	0:39.04	Kf3! 
 33	+5.85!	1.05G	0:38.56	Kf3! 
 33	+5.77!	1.03G	0:37.80	Kf3! 
 33	+5.70!	1.00G	0:36.78	Kf3! 
 33	+5.62!	984.5M	0:36.25	Kf3! 
 33	+5.55!	973.1M	0:35.86	Kf3! 
 33	+5.47!	950.1M	0:35.09	Kf3! 
 33	+5.40!	930.6M	0:34.41	Kf3! 
 33	+5.32!	921.4M	0:34.08	Kf3! 
 33	+5.25!	916.7M	0:33.91	Kf3! 
 33	+5.17!	863.2M	0:32.00	Kf3! 
 33	+5.10!	837.9M	0:31.04	Kf3! 
 33	+5.02!	808.8M	0:29.93	Kf3! 
 33	+4.95!	790.2M	0:29.23	Kf3! 
 33	+4.87!	770.5M	0:28.50	Kf3! 
 33	+4.80!	752.5M	0:27.88	Kf3! 
 33	+4.72!	738.1M	0:27.38	Kf3! 
 33	+4.65!	730.0M	0:27.08	Kf3! 
 33	+4.57!	716.9M	0:26.62	Kf3! 
 33	+4.50!	710.0M	0:26.38	Kf3! 
 33	+4.42!	704.5M	0:26.18	Kf3! 
 33	+4.35!	682.2M	0:25.42	Kf3! 
 33	+4.27!	673.7M	0:25.12	Kf3! 
 33	+4.20!	663.5M	0:24.75	Kf3! 
 33	+4.12!	655.6M	0:24.46	Kf3! 
 33	+4.05!	641.7M	0:23.96	Kf3! 
 33	+3.97!	631.4M	0:23.59	Kf3! 
 33	+3.90!	628.0M	0:23.47	Kf3! 
 33	+3.82!	622.1M	0:23.26	Kf3! 
 33	+3.75!	616.1M	0:23.04	Kf3! 
 33	+3.67!	610.7M	0:22.83	Kf3! 
 33	+3.60!	607.0M	0:22.70	Kf3! 
 33	+3.52!	596.8M	0:22.32	Kf3! 
 33	+3.45!	592.2M	0:22.14	Kf3! 
 33	+3.37!	587.6M	0:21.98	Kf3! 
 33	+3.30!	579.9M	0:21.70	Kf3! 
 33	+3.22!	571.6M	0:21.41	Kf3! 
 33	+3.15!	565.7M	0:21.18	Kf3! 
 33	+3.07!	555.2M	0:20.79	Kf3! 
 33	+3.00!	547.6M	0:20.52	Kf3! 
 33	+2.92!	543.7M	0:20.37	Kf3! 
 33	+2.85!	533.4M	0:19.97	Kf3! 
 33	+2.77!	528.6M	0:19.79	Kf3! 
 33	+2.70!	520.6M	0:19.49	Kf3! 
 33	+2.62!	515.7M	0:19.31	Kf3! 
 33	+2.55!	511.8M	0:19.16	Kf3! 
 33	+2.47!	508.5M	0:19.04	Kf3! 
 33	+2.40!	501.2M	0:18.77	Kf3! 
 33	+2.32!	498.8M	0:18.68	Kf3! 
 33	+2.25!	494.4M	0:18.51	Kf3! 
 33	+2.17!	480.9M	0:17.99	Kf3! 
 33	+2.10!	476.0M	0:17.80	Kf3! 
 33	+2.02!	471.8M	0:17.64	Kf3! 
 33	+1.95!	462.4M	0:17.29	Kf3! 
 33	+1.87!	456.3M	0:17.06	Kf3! 
 33	+1.80!	448.9M	0:16.79	Kf3! 
 33	+1.72!	443.7M	0:16.60	Kf3! 
 33	+1.65!	439.2M	0:16.42	Kf3! 
 33	+1.57!	434.8M	0:16.26	Kf3! 
 33	+1.50!	429.8M	0:16.06	Kf3! 
 33	+1.42!	422.1M	0:15.76	Kf3! 
 33	+1.35!	420.4M	0:15.70	Kf3! 
 33	+1.27!	414.6M	0:15.48	Kf3! 
 33	+1.20!	412.9M	0:15.42	Kf3! 
 33	+1.12!	401.1M	0:14.98	Kf3! 
 33	+1.05!	396.7M	0:14.80	Kf3! 
 33	+0.97!	386.1M	0:14.40	Kf3! 
 33	+0.90!	385.6M	0:14.38	Kf3! 
 33	+0.82!	385.3M	0:14.37	Kf3! 
 33	+0.45!	385.1M	0:14.36	Kf3! 
 33	+0.37!	361.4M	0:13.46	Kf3! 
 33	+0.30!	359.0M	0:13.37	Kf3! 
 33	+0.22!	356.7M	0:13.28	Kf3! 
 33	+0.15!	356.5M	0:13.27	Kf3! 
 33	+0.07!	354.2M	0:13.18	Kf3! 
 32	  0.00 	155.0M	0:05.81	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 31	  0.00 	110.4M	0:04.15	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 30	  0.00 	97.1M  	0:03.66	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 29	  0.00 	75.3M  	0:02.87	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 28	  0.00 	70.3M  	0:02.67	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 27	  0.00 	12.8M  	0:00.51	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 26	  0.00 	10.1M  	0:00.41	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 25	  0.00 	9.22M  	0:00.38	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 24	  0.00 	8.88M  	0:00.37	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 23	  0.00 	8.54M  	0:00.35	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 22	  0.00 	7.97M  	0:00.33	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 21	  0.00 	7.22M  	0:00.30	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qh5 Rf2 Kg8 
 20	+0.13 	4.56M  	0:00.19	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qd1 Bf4 Qf1 Bd2 Qf5 Re2 Qf3 Re7+ Kg8 
 19	+0.13 	4.43M  	0:00.18	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Qf3 Rg2 Qd1 Bf4 Qf1 Bd6 Qf6 Bc7 
 18	+0.20 	3.86M  	0:00.16	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Rg2 Qf3 h5 Qxh5 h4 Kg8 
 17	+0.21 	3.49M  	0:00.15	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rc2 Kh7 Rd2 Qf3 Rf2 Qh5 Bc7 Qxh4 
 16	+0.21 	3.47M  	0:00.14	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rb2 Qf3 Rd2 Qe4 Rg2 Qf3 Bf4+ Kf7 Bg5 Kf8 Bd2 Kf7 
 15	+0.25 	2.81M  	0:00.12	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kf2 Qf6 Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Rg2+ Kh7 Bg5 Qf5 Rd2 Qe5+ Kg2 Qe4+ Kg3 Qe5+ Kf2 Qf5+ Ke3 Qxh3+ Kf4 Kg8 
 14	+0.28 	2.50M  	0:00.10	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rb2 Kh7 Rc2 Qd1 Rf2 Qh5 Rd2 Qf3 
 13	+0.55 	1.09M  	0:00.05	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Rg2+ Kf7 Bg3 Qh5 Rd2 a5 Rg2 Qd5 Re2 
 12	+0.63 	760303	0:00.03	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 Qf3 Bg3 a5 Rf2 Qh5 Rg2 Qf3 Bf4+ Kf7 Bg5 Kg6 Bd8+ Kf7 Bxa5 Qf4+ Kh1 Qxh4 
 11	+0.74 	332351	0:00.02	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kg4 Qc8+ Kg5 Qc5+ Kg6 Qc6+ Rd6 Qc2+ Kh6 Qxa2 Rg6+ Kf7 Rg7+ Ke6 
 10	+0.84 	256134	0:00.01	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kg4 Qc8+ Kg5 Qc5+ Kg6 Qc6+ Rd6 Qc2+ Kg5 Qxa2 Rd8+ Kf7 
  9	+1.01 	134346	0:00.01	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc6+ Kg3 Qc3+ Kh2 a5 Re2 Qc5 Kg3 Qf5 
  8	+1.07 	24345  	0:00.00	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qb1 h5 Qf5 Be3 Qxh5 
  7	+1.07 	18928  	0:00.00	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qb1 h5 Qf5 Be3 
  6	+1.40 	11132  	0:00.00	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qc5 Bd6 Qc6+ Kh2 
  5	+1.72 	6199    	0:00.00	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qa1 h5 
  4	+0.96 	3387    	0:00.00	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 Qb1 
  3	+1.10 	2191    	0:00.00	Rxd2 Qc1 Bxf4 
  2	+1.99 	1428    	0:00.00	Rxd2 a5 
  1	+1.68 	286      	0:00.00	Rxd2 
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dep	score	nodes	time	(not shown:  tbhits	knps	seldep)
 36	+1.34 	3.36G	2:36.09	Bg6 h6 Nb5 Qg5+ Qxg5 hxg5 Nxc7 Rb8 Bf7+ Kh7 Nxe6 Bxe6 Bxe6 Kh6 Bxd5 Nxe5 Re1 Re8 Kd2 b5 a4 b4 c4 bxc3+ Kxc3 Rc8+ Kd4 Ng4 Bf3 Nf6 Re6 Rc2 b4 g4 Bxg4 Rxg2 Bf3 Rf2 Be2 Rf4+ Kc5 
 35	+1.35!	2.95G	2:16.66	Bg6! 
 35	+1.20!	2.43G	1:52.16	Bg6! 
 35	+1.12!	2.34G	1:47.92	Bg6! 
 35	+1.05!	2.27G	1:44.29	Bg6! 
 35	+0.97!	2.17G	1:39.80	Bg6! 
 35	+0.90!	2.01G	1:32.16	Bg6! 
 35	+0.82!	1.98G	1:30.51	Bg6! 
 35	+0.75!	1.92G	1:27.64	Bg6! 
 35	+0.67!	1.92G	1:27.34	Bg6! 
 35	+0.60!	1.85G	1:24.14	Bg6! 
 35	+0.52!	1.83G	1:23.03	Bg6! 
 35	+0.45!	1.82G	1:22.69	Bg6! 
 35	+0.37!	1.81G	1:22.11	Bg6! 
 35	+0.30!	1.74G	1:18.87	Bg6! 
 35	+0.22!	1.72G	1:18.16	Bg6! 
 35	+0.15!	1.71G	1:17.76	Bg6! 
 35	+0.07!	1.71G	1:17.43	Bg6! 
 34	  0.00 	728.5M	0:32.89	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Be8 h6 Kh8 Nd6 gxh6 Nxb7 Bg6 Nd6 Bxd3 cxd3 a5 a3 Qf1+ Kc2 a4 Qh4 Qe2+ Kb1 Qxd3+ Ka2 Qb3+ Ka1 Qd1+ Ka2 Qb3+ 
 33	  0.00 	580.0M	0:26.31	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Be8 h6 Kh8 Nd6 gxh6 Nxb7 Bg6 Nd6 Bxd3 cxd3 a5 a3 Qf1+ Kc2 a4 Qh4 Qe2+ Kb1 Qxd3+ Ka2 Qb3+ Ka1 Qd1+ Ka2 Qb3+ 
 32	  0.00 	520.0M	0:23.57	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Be8 h6 Kh8 Nd6 gxh6 Nxb7 Bg6 Nd6 Bxd3 cxd3 Qf1+ Kd2 Nd4 Ke3 Nc6 Kd2 
 31	  0.00!	412.2M	0:18.82	Nb5! 
 30	 -0.07 	331.9M	0:15.23	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Be8 h6 Bg6 Bxg6 hxg6 Nd6 Kh7 hxg7 Qxg7 b3 Qxe5 Qxe5 Nxe5 Nxb7 Kg7 Kd2 Kf6 Ke3 Nc6 c3 g5 c4 Nb4 a4 Ke5 Nc5 Kf5 Nd3 Nc6 
 29	 -0.07 	309.6M	0:14.24	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Be8 h6 Bg6 Bxg6 hxg6 Nd6 Kh7 hxg7 Qxg7 b3 Qxe5 Qxe5 Nxe5 Nxb7 Kg7 Kd2 Kf6 c3 Nc6 Ke3 g5 c4 Nb4 a4 Ke5 Nc5 Kf5 Nd3 Nc6 cxd5 exd5 Nc5 
 28	 -0.08 	292.8M	0:13.48	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Be8 h6 Bg6 Bxg6 hxg6 Nd6 Kh7 hxg7 Qxg7 b3 Qxe5 Qxe5 Nxe5 Nxb7 Kg7 Kd2 Kf6 c3 Nc6 Ke3 g5 Nd6 e5 c4 Ne7 Nb5 dxc4 bxc4 Nc6 Ke4 
 28	 -0.07?	267.3M	0:12.29	Nb5 Bd7? 
 27	  0.00 	142.7M	0:06.59	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Nb4 Nd6 Nxa2+ Kb1 Nb4 h6 g6 Qe3 Nxd3 cxd3 Bc6 Qh3 Bd7 Qe3 
 26	  0.00 	106.2M	0:04.98	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Nb4 Nd6 Nxa2+ Kb1 Nb4 h6 g6 Qe3 Nxd3 cxd3 Bc6 Qh3 Bd7 Qe3 
 25	  0.00 	67.3M  	0:03.22	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Nb4 Nd6 Nxa2+ Kb1 Nb4 h6 g6 Qe3 Nxd3 cxd3 Bc6 Qh3 Bd7 Qe3 
 24	  0.00 	59.6M  	0:02.87	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Nb4 Nd6 Nxa2+ Kb1 Nb4 h6 g6 Qe3 Nxd3 cxd3 Bc6 Qh3 Bd7 Qe3 
 23	  0.00 	58.2M  	0:02.80	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Nb4 Nd6 Nxa2+ Kb1 Nb4 h6 g6 Qe3 Nxd3 cxd3 Bc6 Qh3 Bd7 Qe3 
 22	 -0.08 	29.9M  	0:01.45	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Be8 h6 Bg6 Bxg6 hxg6 Nd6 Kh7 hxg7 Qxg7 b3 Qxe5 Qxe5 Nxe5 Nxb7 Kg7 Kd2 Kf6 Nc5 Ke7 Nd3 Nxd3 cxd3 Kd6 b4 e5 Ke3 Ke6 
 21	 -0.07 	28.6M  	0:01.38	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Be8 h6 Bg6 Bxg6 hxg6 Nd6 Kh7 hxg7 Qxg7 b3 Qxe5 Qxe5 Nxe5 Nxb7 Kg7 Kd2 Kf6 Ke3 Nc6 Nc5 Nb4 
 20	 -0.03 	23.9M  	0:01.16	Nb5 Bd7 Nxc7 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Be8 h6 Bg6 Bxg6 hxg6 Nd6 Kh7 hxg7 Qxg7 Qh3+ Qh6+ Qxh6+ Kxh6 Nxb7 Kg5 Nc5 Kf5 Kd2 g5 c3 Nxe5 g3 Kf6 Kc2 Ke7 Nd3 
 19	 -0.15 	14.3M  	0:00.71	h6 Bd7 a3 Kh8 Kb1 Rf8 hxg7+ Qxg7 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Qg7 Qh4 Be8 Nd4 Nxd4 Qxd4 b6 Qh4 Bf7 g4 c5 Qd8+ Bg8 
 18	 -0.22 	9.17M  	0:00.45	a3 Bd7 h6 Kh8 Kb1 Rf8 hxg7+ Qxg7 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Qg7 Qh4 Be8 Nd4 Nxd4 Qxd4 a6 Qb4 b5 Qh4 Qf7 Qd8 c5 
 17	 -0.16 	6.14M  	0:00.29	a3 Bd7 h6 Rf8 Rf6 Rxf6 exf6 Qxf6 Qxc7 Be8 Qxb7 Qxh6+ Kb1 Qh2 Nb5 Qb8 Qxb8 Nxb8 Nxa7 e5 c4 dxc4 Bxc4+ Bf7 Bd3 Bd5 Kc2 Bxg2 
 16	  0.00 	3.86M  	0:00.18	a3 Bd7 h6 Rf8 Rf6 Rxf6 exf6 Qxf6 Qxc7 Be8 Qxb7 Qxh6+ Kb1 Qf4 Bb5 Qd6 Qa8 Kf7 Qb7+ Kg6 Qa8 Kf7 
 15	  0.00 	3.11M  	0:00.15	h6 Bd7 a3 Rf8 Rf6 Rxf6 exf6 Qxf6 Qxc7 Be8 Qxb7 Qxh6+ Kb1 Qf4 Bb5 Qf7 Bxc6 Qf1+ Ka2 Qc4+ Kb1 Qxc6 Qxa7 Bg6 Qb8+ Kf7 Qa7+ Kg8 
 14	 -0.02 	2.10M  	0:00.10	h6 Bd7 hxg7 Qxg7 Qh2 a5 a3 Nxe5 Bxh7+ Qxh7 Qxe5 Qg7 Qh2 Rf8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Qg3+ Qg7 Qxc7 
 13	 -0.04 	1.95M  	0:00.09	h6 Bd7 hxg7 Qxg7 Qh2 a5 g4 Nb4 Bxh7+ Qxh7 Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rf7+ Kg6 Rxd7 Nc6 Rxc7 Nxe5 
 12	 -0.15 	1.52M  	0:00.07	h6 Bd7 hxg7 Qxg7 Qh2 Nxe5 Bxh7+ Qxh7 Qxe5 Rf8 Rxf8+ Kxf8 b4 Qg7 Qxc7 Bc6 Qd6+ Kf7 Ne2 
 11	 -0.23 	722282	0:00.04	a3 Bd7 Kb1 Kh8 h6 Rf8 hxg7+ Qxg7 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nb5 Qg7 Qh4 a6 Nxc7 
 10	+0.12 	271160	0:00.01	Qf4 Bd7 a3 Kh8 Kb1 h6 Nb5 Rc8 Nd4 Nxd4 Qxd4 
  9	+0.02 	219381	0:00.01	Qf4 Nb4 Bb5 a6 Be2 Bd7 a3 Nc6 Kb1 
  8	+0.38 	90494  	0:00.01	Qf4 Bd7 a3 h6 Kb1 Kh8 g4 Qg5 
  7	+0.27 	42173  	0:00.00	h6 g6 Rf6 Kh8 a3 Bd7 Kb1 Rg8 
  6	+0.28 	31645  	0:00.00	h6 Kh8 Qxg7+ Qxg7 hxg7+ Kxg7 Nb5 Nxe5 Nxc7 
  5	+0.45 	19028  	0:00.00	a3 Kh8 Kb1 Bd7 Ne2 
  4	+1.42 	3774    	0:00.00	Kb1 a5 a3 b6 
  3	+1.58 	2044    	0:00.00	Kb1 b6 a3 
  2	+1.64 	1434    	0:00.00	Kb1 a6 
  1	+1.66 	693      	0:00.00	Kb1 
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Re: Coming soon - SF-McBrain 9 ...

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Have you considered self-learning?
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Ozymandias wrote:Have you considered self-learning?
+1

I still use Stockfish PA GTB daily on my analysis, and it continuously provides better analysis than Stockfish 9, Houdini 6, Komodo 10, or McBrain 4, all who are at least 100 elo stronger or more, thanks to PA GTB's self-learning.

Unfortunately it may be too much to ask for, considering implementing PA seems to be a monumental work and would require a couple weeks of time.
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Ovyron wrote:
Ozymandias wrote:Have you considered self-learning?
+1

I still use Stockfish PA GTB daily on my analysis, and it continuously provides better analysis than Stockfish 9, Houdini 6, Komodo 10, or McBrain 4, all who are at least 100 elo stronger or more, thanks to PA GTB's self-learning.

Unfortunately it may be too much to ask for, considering implementing PA seems to be a monumental work and would require a couple weeks of time.
I was actually referring to Kelly Kinyama's implementation.
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Oh, that's "result learning", for the "elo chasing".

I wonder how Kelly Kinyama's implementation differs from Romichess's. Let's implement both and do some testing! :D
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Ovyron wrote:Oh, that's "result learning", for the "elo chasing".

I wonder how Kelly Kinyama's implementation differs from Romichess's. Let's implement both and do some testing! :D
In his own words: "is what we do to a transposition table [but] to a hard drive, not main memory." That sounds closer to SF PA GTB's approach, rather than RomiChess', but at least is already in "SF code" which should make it easier to incorporate into McBrain.

Difficulty aside, I would also like to test both ways.
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Ozymandias wrote:In his own words: "is what we do to a transposition table [but] to a hard drive, not main memory."
Well, the Stockfish derivative "SugaR Xpro" already implements that, and in practice it's just like never unloading the engine, Position Learning is something else.

Though I agree something like this would be easier to implement than actual learning, I'd really love any modern strong engine to implement Jeremy Bernstein's Persistent Analysis approach, because I find ridiculous to have to use some 4 year old engine for these purposes (story repeats itself, 4 years ago I was still using Rybka 3 Persistent Hash for this...)
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Ovyron wrote:
Ozymandias wrote:In his own words: "is what we do to a transposition table [but] to a hard drive, not main memory."
Well, the Stockfish derivative "SugaR Xpro" already implements that, and in practice it's just like never unloading the engine,
Not exactly the same, manually saving the hash, will only give you what was allocated in RAM. Here you're automatically using the hard drive all the time, which means having several TBs of space (depending on your HDD size), to save stats about any position ever played by the engine. Furthermore, it only needs 24 bytes per position, the space savings (compared to a full hash dump) are astronomical. Granted, a full hash stores more information that "could" be useful, but in practice, it will mostly be useless.
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Ozymandias wrote:
Ovyron wrote:
Ozymandias wrote:In his own words: "is what we do to a transposition table [but] to a hard drive, not main memory."
Well, the Stockfish derivative "SugaR Xpro" already implements that, and in practice it's just like never unloading the engine,
Not exactly the same, manually saving the hash, will only give you what was allocated in RAM. Here you're automatically using the hard drive all the time, which means having several TBs of space (depending on your HDD size), to save stats about any position ever played by the engine. Furthermore, it only needs 24 bytes per position, the space savings (compared to a full hash dump) are astronomical. Granted, a full hash stores more information that "could" be useful, but in practice, it will mostly be useless.
+1 It is a vastly superior method to the hash dump everyone else is using these days.
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cardamon wrote:+1 It is a vastly superior method to the hash dump everyone else is using these days.
Which is why I'm surprised to see that fork under-maintained.