ChessBase's prophecy of 2004 fulfilled in 2019
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:19 pm
ChessBase posted in 2004 on its site the following announcement about the new engine called "Kimo" --- "The Knowledge Based Chess Program":
https://en.chessbase.com/post/kimo-an-i ... ach-to-che
"Kimo" was kept secret for 15 years, until it surfaced to the public as Leela Chess Zero in 2019.
All the features described in 2004 are exactly as described, on 2004 hardware. This will be shown.
Kimo T40 on 3.0GHz Pentium core of 2004 achieves about 10 nodes/second. On a good GPU of 2004 (like NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT) it achieves about 50 nodes/second.
The top engines of 2004 were Shredder 8, Junior 9 and Fritz 8, about 100 Elo points above Fruit 2.1 (on one core, most PCs were single core).
I simulated blitz games at 5 min + 3 seconds, node for node, for 2004 hardware.
CPU Kimo scored against Fruit 2.1 as:
Score of Kimo_42580 vs Fruit_21: 10 - 7 - 3 [0.575] 20
Elo difference: 52.51 +/- 150.97
Finished match
Which shows Kimo as being very competitive against top engines of 2004 on a 2004 CPU.
GPU Kimo scored against Fruit 2.1 as:
Score of Kimo_42580 vs Fruit_21: 13 - 3 - 4 [0.750] 20
Elo difference: 190.85 +/- 172.61
Finished match
Which shows Kimo as being above all top engines of 2004 on a 2004 GPU.
To longer time controls, the results will be even better against top engines of 2004 on 2004 hardware.
Other descriptions in the ChessBase prophecy are accurate too, proving that "Kimo" existed back then in 2004, was a top engine of its time, but was released only in 2019.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/kimo-an-i ... ach-to-che
"Kimo" was kept secret for 15 years, until it surfaced to the public as Leela Chess Zero in 2019.
All the features described in 2004 are exactly as described, on 2004 hardware. This will be shown.
Kimo T40 on 3.0GHz Pentium core of 2004 achieves about 10 nodes/second. On a good GPU of 2004 (like NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT) it achieves about 50 nodes/second.
The top engines of 2004 were Shredder 8, Junior 9 and Fritz 8, about 100 Elo points above Fruit 2.1 (on one core, most PCs were single core).
I simulated blitz games at 5 min + 3 seconds, node for node, for 2004 hardware.
CPU Kimo scored against Fruit 2.1 as:
Score of Kimo_42580 vs Fruit_21: 10 - 7 - 3 [0.575] 20
Elo difference: 52.51 +/- 150.97
Finished match
Which shows Kimo as being very competitive against top engines of 2004 on a 2004 CPU.
GPU Kimo scored against Fruit 2.1 as:
Score of Kimo_42580 vs Fruit_21: 13 - 3 - 4 [0.750] 20
Elo difference: 190.85 +/- 172.61
Finished match
Which shows Kimo as being above all top engines of 2004 on a 2004 GPU.
To longer time controls, the results will be even better against top engines of 2004 on 2004 hardware.
Other descriptions in the ChessBase prophecy are accurate too, proving that "Kimo" existed back then in 2004, was a top engine of its time, but was released only in 2019.