Fizbo 1.6 released

[Werner]

Yes, the engine crashes. Last lines in Arena debug:
2016-01-31 10:34:38,933*2*Zug gefunden:d4xe3
2016-01-31 10:34:39,089*1*Child Process Prio Adj: PID 1328 conhost.exe
2016-01-31 10:34:39,089*1*Start calc, move no: 58
2016-01-31 10:34:39,105-->1:position startpos moves g1f3 g8f6 g2g3 g7g6 f1g2 f8g7 e1g1 e8g8 d2d3 d7d6 e2e4 e7e5 b2b3 b8c6 b1c3 c8e6 c1e3 d8c8 a2a4 f8d8 f3g5 e6g4 d1d2 h7h6 h2h3 g4d7 g5f3 d7h3 e3h6 c6d4 f3d4 e5d4 c3e2 c7c5 f2f3 d8e8 h6g7 g8g7 g3g4 h3g2 g1g2 e8h8 f1h1 c8e6 e2g3 f6d7 g4g5 d7e5 f3f4 e5g4 f4f5 g6f5 g3f5 g7g6 d2f4 g4e3 f5e3 d4e3
2016-01-31 10:34:39,105-->1:go wtime 94991 btime 32011 winc 0 binc 0 movestogo 11
2016-01-31 10:34:39,120<--1:info depth 20 score cp 100 time 0 nodes 1 pv g2f3 b1b1

[ThatsIt]

The same here, 11 games 11 time losses under Shredder-Classic.

Best wishes,
G.S.

[Wolfgang]

same here (Arena 3.0)

[ThatsIt]

Windows 8.1.

Best wishes,
G.S.
(CEGT team)

[Janza]

same here (Arena 3.0)

I wonder if you all have Windows 10.

I have Win 10.

[ymatioun]

I will look into time losses right away.

About +90 ELO on 4 cores: this is difference in playing strength between fizbo 1.6 running on 1 CPU core and fizbo 1.6 running on 4 CPU cores. Many top programs show larger increase 1 CPU vs 4 CPU.

Youri.

[Wolfgang]

same here (Arena 3.0)

I wonder if you all have Windows 10.

No, Windows 7

[drj4759]

Fizbo 1.6 don't qualify with Owl Rating List.

Too many time forfeits. More than 50% in 100 games under Windows 7/8.1/10. Also don't run under Linux with Arena.

[ymatioun]

OK, i found the problem and fixed it. Corrected executables are uploaded to my site (https://sites.google.com/site/fizbochessengine/).

The problem was that i accidentally removed code that verifies that SYZYGY files are in place before using them. As a result, engine tried to open files that don't exist, and crashed.

I did not see this problem in my testing because i always had SYZYGY files in place.

Youri.

[Werner]

Thanks Youri,
works here okay now.
Werner