strenght of Houdini 3 at chess960

[MM]

I'd say give him more time, he is probably incredibly busy.

Thank you Ray, i'll wait, if you have some results of H3 at chess960 (i think you test at CCRL) please let me know.

Best Regards

Testing is underway, yes

I will post completed match results here ahead of the web site update.

Thank you Ray, i remembered well in this case

Best Regards

[Houdini]

I have no more Chess960 results than the single match I played quite some time ago against Critter 1.6, which I reported previously in this forum.
I hope Ray will confirm my estimate, if not I'll have to adapt the text on the web page .

Robert

[MM]

I have no more Chess960 results than the single match I played quite some time ago against Critter 1.6, which I reported previously in this forum.
I hope Ray will confirm my estimate, if not I'll have to adapt the text on the web page .

Robert

Ok Robert, thank you for clarification.

p.s. If i order now am i able to get a copy very quickly?

[MM]

I have no more Chess960 results than the single match I played quite some time ago against Critter 1.6, which I reported previously in this forum.
I hope Ray will confirm my estimate, if not I'll have to adapt the text on the web page .

Robert

Ok Robert, thank you for clarification.

p.s. If i order now am i able to get a copy very quickly?

I think i am a bit late

[Modern Times]

Completed game results so far:

Houdini 3 vs

Critter 1.6a - 64.5 - 35.5
Stockfish VE_09 70.5 - 29.5
Rybka 4 - 78.0 - 22.0
Naum 4.2 - 85.2 - 17.5

The first 3 results are significantly better than Houdini 2.0c.

[Modern Times]

Completed game results so far:

Houdini 3 vs

Critter 1.6a - 64.5 - 35.5
Stockfish VE_09 70.5 - 29.5
Rybka 4 - 78.0 - 22.0
Naum 4.2 - 85.2 - 17.5

The first 3 results are significantly better than Houdini 2.0c.

Early days, but after these four results Houdini 3 is +78 Elo.

[MM]

Completed game results so far:

Houdini 3 vs

Critter 1.6a - 64.5 - 35.5
Stockfish VE_09 70.5 - 29.5
Rybka 4 - 78.0 - 22.0
Naum 4.2 - 85.2 - 17.5

The first 3 results are significantly better than Houdini 2.0c.

Early days, but after these four results Houdini 3 is +78 Elo.

Thank you very much Ray

Best Regards

[Houdini]

Completed game results so far:

Houdini 3 vs

Critter 1.6a - 64.5 - 35.5
Stockfish VE_09 70.5 - 29.5
Rybka 4 - 78.0 - 22.0
Naum 4.2 - 85.2 - 17.5

The first 3 results are significantly better than Houdini 2.0c.

Early days, but after these four results Houdini 3 is +78 Elo.

That's nice .
How do you decide the opening positions for the matches, are they randomly chosen out of the 960 possibilities?

Robert

[Modern Times]

How do you decide the opening positions for the matches, are they randomly chosen out of the 960 possibilities?

Robert

Yes, 50 positions are randomly selected for each match, using this excellent tool written by Kirill. The engines play each position as black and white, so 100 games.

http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/tools/opening-sampler/

[Modern Times]

There is only one way to describe Houdini 3's chess960 matches - massacres. The way it is demolishing some of these opponents is just incredible. It is a struggle to get strong enough opponents for it...