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Yes, the next version of Marvin will use NNUE. The NNUE version will play in the upcoming TCEC Cup 7.

14-15 of November doesn't work for me. All other dates are fine.


/Martin

I had massive problems with Fischer time control I am using, 20 minutes per game and 5 seconds per move. Marvin used to much time from the 20 minutes for the first moves and lost some games in late middlegame without to have enough time (the 5 seconds only). I read on your site that you improved th...

The RESIGN feature has not been there for a long time. It was removed already for the 2.0.0 release.

Marvin 4.0.0 is now available. It is the same version as the one that played in TCEC S19. Based on my test gauntlets it's about 45 elo stronger than the previous version. Release Notes MultiPV support Improved LMR formula Evaluation of tempo Switched to using only one slot for killer moves Fixed iss...

Thank you for testing! Finally Marvin is above 3000.

/Martin

A new version of Marvin is now available. I estimate that it's about 50 elo stronger than the previous version. Release Notes SEE improvements More aggressive SEE pruning Improved time management Added counter move and follow-up move history heuristic Store position evaluation in transposition table...

Thank you for testing!

Marvin 3.5.0 is now available. It's about 30 elo stronger than 3.4.0, and maybe 20 elo stronger than the version that played in TCEC S17. Most of the work for this release have been focused on the evaluation so that's where most of the improvements comes from. For the next release I plan to focus mo...

I have just released Marvin 3.4.0. My tests show a 100 elo improvement compared to version 3.3.2, but that's probably a bit optimistic. Most of the improvements comes from more aggressive LMP and improvements to history heuristic. I have also done some refactoring of the move generation and move sel...