Seer

[gerhard]

... sorry my bad, I got a typo when define the path to save.bin
have not seen it by looking twice - now it works pretty good

thank you Guenther and Connor for reply

[connor_mcmonigle]

This behavior should be fixed in v1.2.1. Seer should now play the shortest path to mate. This release also resolves a minor race condition that could have mangled the best move output, though likely never would have actually happened in practice.

https://github.com/connormcmonigle/seer ... tag/v1.2.1

Thank you ! Already in test. Will be a double test. Seer 1.2 & Seer 1.2.1 vs. Deep Sjeng c't 2010. I'm curious to see the differences in game and result.

Thanks for testing! I'll be curious to see whether the gains I observed in self play testing carry over to playing strength against other engines.

[Madeleine Birchfield]

Also I heard that Seer has been invited to TCEC. If true, then Congratulations

[Archimedes]

Where are the executables ?!

On my mobile phone.

Here it is.

Don't forget do download the weight file "save.bin" and enter the full path to the uci options.

Seer 1.2.1:
https://app.box.com/s/rkzj2hjthl9t6qshgzmrp630xewon9ya

[Werner]

Seer 1.2.1 started for CEGT 40/20: https://cegt.forumieren.com/f4-cegt-40-20-coordination; 2961 after 300 games!
congrats!
As mentioned already: Installing on Arena is a pain, as engine crashes during install process (path to save.bin has to be set later during configuration process). I was forced to make the same paths as in the default engine settings:
Seer121\
train\model\save.bin

[connor_mcmonigle]

Seer 1.2.1 started for CEGT 40/20: https://cegt.forumieren.com/f4-cegt-40-20-coordination; 2961 after 300 games!
congrats!
As mentioned already: Installing on Arena is a pain, as engine crashes during install process (path to save.bin has to be set later during configuration process). I was forced to make the same paths as in the default engine settings:
Seer121\
train\model\save.bin

Thanks for testing! That's odd. Presumably, Arena issues "go" before allowing UCI options to be set? Rather than quitting the engine if the weights file provided incorrect, I could just have Seer refuse to start the search while still printing the error message. I'll do some testing with Arena before the next release.

[Gabor Szots]

Seer 1.2.1 started for CEGT 40/20: https://cegt.forumieren.com/f4-cegt-40-20-coordination; 2961 after 300 games!
congrats!
As mentioned already: Installing on Arena is a pain, as engine crashes during install process (path to save.bin has to be set later during configuration process). I was forced to make the same paths as in the default engine settings:
Seer121\
train\model\save.bin

Hi Werner,

I did not encounter that problem. After loading the engine I can open it and change the weights file after which everything is fine.

[Werner]

Seer 1.2.1 started for CEGT 40/20: https://cegt.forumieren.com/f4-cegt-40-20-coordination; 2961 after 300 games!
congrats!
As mentioned already: Installing on Arena is a pain, as engine crashes during install process (path to save.bin has to be set later during configuration process). I was forced to make the same paths as in the default engine settings:
Seer121\
train\model\save.bin

Hi Werner,

I did not encounter that problem. After loading the engine I can open it and change the weights file after which everything is fine.

Sorry, my fault - I tried once more and then I saw Arena did load the engine as wb engine. After changing to uci all works ok.

[Dicaste]

It works fine in Fritz Gui with 1.2.1 version finally

Here is a nice game against Komodo Dragon with NiNu 0.3

[pgn][Event "Exponental-4646, Slow 1.0min+120.0sec"]
[Site "Exponental-4646"]
[Date "2020.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seer 1.2.1"]
[Black "Dragon by Komodo Chess 64-bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "-0.70;-0.35"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[TimeControl "60+120"]

{Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3192 MHz W=30.8 plies; 2.484kN/s;
KGA.ctg B=39.1 plies; 9.561kN/s; 260.654.259 TBAs; KGA.ctg} 1. e4 {B 0}
e5 {B 0} 2. f4 {B 0} exf4 {B 0 Both last book move} 3. Nf3 {-0.70/25 114} d6 {
-0.35/31 260 (g5)} 4. Bc4 {-0.16/26 340} h6 {-0.22/31 89} 5. h4 {-0.17/25 164
(b3)} Nf6 {-0.07/31 204 (Be7)} 6. Nc3 {-0.69/25 105} Nc6 {-0.34/32 153 (Bg4)}
7. d4 {0.17/26 141} Nh5 {-0.30/32 81} 8. Nd5 {0.00/25 105} Be6 {-0.27/33 223
(g5)} 9. Qd3 {-0.09/27 136 (Bd3)} g5 {-0.41/31 87 (Ng3)} 10. Bd2 {0.00/29 105}
g4 {-0.39/33 95} 11. Ng1 {0.00/30 106} Ng3 {-0.30/35 113} 12. Rh2 {0.00/30 106}
Bg7 {-0.31/35 94} 13. Bb5 {0.00/31 107} Bxd5 {-0.30/34 81} 14. exd5 {0.00/31
107} Qe7+ {-0.25/34 90} 15. Kf2 {0.00/31 107} Ne4+ {-0.17/35 89 (0-0)} 16. Kf1
{0.00/31 108} a6 {-0.19/36 204 (0-0)} 17. Re1 {0.00/29 108} f5 {-0.42/34 108}
18. dxc6 {-0.20/30 109} axb5 {-0.13/35 80} 19. cxb7 {-0.39/29 109} Rb8 {
-0.19/35 111} 20. Qxb5+ {-0.22/28 110} Qd7 {-0.15/36 169} 21. Qd5 {0.00/30 110}
c6 {-0.18/36 79} 22. Rxe4+ {0.00/29 110} fxe4 {-0.21/36 100} 23. Qxe4+ {
0.00/27 110} Kf7 {-0.17/36 73 (Qe7)} 24. Qxf4+ {0.00/30 111} Ke7 {-0.11/36 189}
25. Qe3+ {0.00/32 111} Qe6 {-0.16/37 86} 26. g3 {0.00/32 236} Rxb7 {-0.14/38
144} 27. b3 {0.00/31 107} Re8 {-0.27/37 100 (Qxe3)} 28. Re2 {0.00/30 108} Qxe3
{-0.29/38 91} 29. Rxe3+ {-0.19/30 108} Kf7 {-0.23/41 246} 30. Ne2 {0.00/32 109
(Rxe8)} Rbe7 {-0.31/40 203 (c5)} 31. Rxe7+ {-0.44/32 109 (Kf2)} Kxe7 {-0.38/40
78} 32. Kf2 {-0.44/31 109 (a4)} Kd7 {-0.44/38 170} 33. Bf4 {-0.38/34 167 (Be3)}
c5 {-0.78/38 122} 34. dxc5 {-0.52/32 108} dxc5 {-0.91/34 76} 35. Ke1 {-0.23/28
109} Ke6 {-1.00/38 87 (Rc8)} 36. Kd2 {0.00/26 109} Kf5 {-1.03/42 90 (h5)} 37.
Kd3 {-0.55/34 224} Rd8+ {-0.99/45 120} 38. Ke3 {-0.52/32 141} h5 {-1.19/41 163
(Rd1)} 39. a4 {-1.40/31 105} Rd7 {-1.34/39 99} 40. Bb8 {-0.89/31 136} Bf6 {
-1.28/40 202 (Bb2)} 41. a5 {-1.07/30 105 (Bf4)} Bd8 {-1.86/40 97 (Re7+)} 42. a6
{-1.65/34 135} Bb6 {-1.66/39 89} 43. Nf4 {-2.05/33 123 (Nc1)} c4+ {-5.28/37 96}
44. Ke2 {-1.69/35 121} cxb3 {-5.74/40 79 (Re7+)} 45. cxb3 {-2.74/34 120} Ba7 {
-6.73/42 166} 46. Bxa7 {-2.78/34 116} Rxa7 {-7.25/39 87} 47. Nxh5 {-3.18/31
123 (Ke3)} Rxa6 {-250.00/39 57} 48. Ke3 {-3.25/32 121 (Kd3)} Ra3 {-250.00/41
12 (Rb6)} 49. Nf4 {-3.20/30 120} Rxb3+ {-250.00/44 39} 50. Nd3 {-3.40/33 105}
Ra3 {-250.00/44 15} 51. Kd4 {-4.13/35 132} Ra1 {-250.00/45 15} 52. Nf4 {
-4.42/34 122} Rd1+ {-250.00/44 15} 53. Ke3 {-5.37/36 121} Rf1 {-250.00/45 25
(Re1+)} 54. Ne2 {-6.14/37 105} Ke5 {-250.00/44 15} 55. Nd4 {-5.82/34 132} Rf6 {
-250.00/44 19 (Re1+)} 56. h5 {-6.58/31 122} Rh6 {-250.00/58 18} 57. Nb3 {
-7.76/34 121 (Nc2)} Rxh5 {-250.00/77 25} 58. Nd2 {-11.75/35 120} Rh3 {-250.00/
55 21 (Rf5)} 0-1

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