Re: New Houdini
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:37 pm
Go Houdini
I think that we do not have enough games to know.APassionForCriminalJustic wrote:Houdini plays better chess?! Lmao. Holy crap man, you are something else. All of you so-called "experts" of computer chess think that the final will be close - or "interesting" (whatever that means)? Haha. That version of Houdini in Rapids right now lost two games versus Stockfish in stage three. They only played like six games or something to that effect in that stage. Rapids means nothing; head to head match ups are what matter.Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote:No, simply Houdini plays better chess, a bit better than SF and Komodo, but nothing earth-shaking.SzG wrote:I do not follow TCEC, can it not be that Houdini's opponents resign earlier?Laskos wrote:Your impressions seem to be confirmed as of now. Not only Houdini leads and has most wins, its wins are on average faster (less moves):Steve Maughan wrote:I've been watching some of Houdini's TCEC games. They are impressive. The engine seems to have a punchy agressive style too. I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't close to parity with Stockfish.
Steve
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SF Hou Ko 25 30 26 <-- number of wins Length 21-30 1 0 2 31-40 5 7 1 41-50 8 9 10 51-60 2 9 5 61-70 6 2 3 71-80 2 2 1 81-100 1 1 4 ========================= Won 52 50.5 55.4 Game Length
I bet after version 5 release H will top most rating lists 20-30 elo above SF 8 (which should be released about the same time) with contempt set on, about fully equal with no contempt.
I do not know about TCEC final though, everything will depend on the openings used, with shorter openings and more closed ones I would favour slightly Houdini, If the 8-move GM suite is used, which would be a major mistake to me, as will only bring more draws because of exhausted positions and less interesting play, especially if there are a lot of Sicilians and complex open positions, SF will undoubtedly be on top.
In any case we are heading into a very interesting final.
This would be fun? Get a life...JJJ wrote:It will be so fun to see Houdini win and Stockfish not while it is at his peak. The bonus of course would be to see the hate of Adam fade aways
A disappointing adjudication method is in use by TCEC, where the spectators don't get to see many of the wins played out properly - especially for a tournament that prides itself as being on display primarily "for entertainment" purposes.Laskos wrote:
Number of wins which were adjudicated before reaching more than 1 pawn material advantage (mostly positional advantage):
Houdini: 13/34 (38%)
Stockfish: 7/30 (23%)
Komodo: 12/30 (40%)
Why it says then: 650cps from both engines for 4 consecutive moves?carldaman wrote:A disappointing adjudication method is in use by TCEC, where the spectators don't get to see many of the wins played out properly - especially for a tournament that prides itself as being on display primarily "for entertainment" purposes.Laskos wrote:
Number of wins which were adjudicated before reaching more than 1 pawn material advantage (mostly positional advantage):
Houdini: 13/34 (38%)
Stockfish: 7/30 (23%)
Komodo: 12/30 (40%)
CL
It means 1 pawn material advantage on the board not in the shown engine score.Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote:Why it says then: 650cps from both engines for 4 consecutive moves?carldaman wrote:A disappointing adjudication method is in use by TCEC, where the spectators don't get to see many of the wins played out properly - especially for a tournament that prides itself as being on display primarily "for entertainment" purposes.Laskos wrote:
Number of wins which were adjudicated before reaching more than 1 pawn material advantage (mostly positional advantage):
Houdini: 13/34 (38%)
Stockfish: 7/30 (23%)
Komodo: 12/30 (40%)
CL
How do you measure 1 point material advantage?Guenther wrote:It means 1 pawn material advantage on the board not in the shown engine score.Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote:Why it says then: 650cps from both engines for 4 consecutive moves?carldaman wrote:A disappointing adjudication method is in use by TCEC, where the spectators don't get to see many of the wins played out properly - especially for a tournament that prides itself as being on display primarily "for entertainment" purposes.Laskos wrote:
Number of wins which were adjudicated before reaching more than 1 pawn material advantage (mostly positional advantage):
Houdini: 13/34 (38%)
Stockfish: 7/30 (23%)
Komodo: 12/30 (40%)
CL