AH_LTC Match: Stockfish DD vs Houdini 4

[Aser Huerga]

AH_LTC Match: Stockfish DD vs Houdini 4

Five i7-3930K twin CPUs 4.25 GHz
90'+30" TC
1 core for all engines
Ponder off
1024 Hash
3-4-5 EGTBs (when available) in SSDs
150 Early Starting Positions Suite, slightly tunned to avoid transpositions (checked with engine vs same-engine matches), and created as a proportional representation of the most played openings/variations on the last recent years in high quality human chess tournaments (source TWIC, only 2400+ ELO players) AH_150_Opening_Suite
All positions are played with Switched Colors for a total of 300 games per match
Games available for download, including eval/time/depth and PV for each move

Results:

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1 Stockfish DD  3183 +82/-63/=155 53.17% 159.5/300
2 Houdini 4     3161 +63/-82/=155 46.83% 140.5/300

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Games: Stockfish DD - Houdini 4

[Aser Huerga]

Results so far are:

AH_LTC Stairway To Heaven competition

AH_LTC Made In Heaven class

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   # PLAYER                   : RATING  ERROR   POINTS  PLAYED    (%)
   1 Stockfish DD             : 3226.2   40.3    159.5     300   53.2%
     Stockfish_SZ 13110122    : 3209.8   23.0    486.0     900   54.0%
   2 Houdini 4                : 3203.5   29.0    447.0     900   49.7%
   3 Komodo 6                 : 3181.7   22.7    439.0     900   48.8%
     Houdini 3                : 3158.0   ----    268.5     600   44.8%

(Created by Ordo v0.8)

(Thanks to Adam Hair and Miguel Ballicora for their advise and help in using Ordo v0.8)

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Individual statistics:

1 Stockfish DD              :   300 (+ 82,=155,- 63), 53.2 %

Houdini 4                     : 300 (+ 82,=155,- 63), 53.2 %

2 Stockfish_SZ 13110122     :   900 (+225,=522,-153), 54.0 %

Houdini 3                     : 300 (+ 94,=159,- 47), 57.8 %
Komodo 6                      : 300 (+ 70,=188,- 42), 54.7 %
Houdini 4                     : 300 (+ 61,=175,- 64), 49.5 %

3 Houdini 4                 :    900 (+203,=488,-209), 49.7 %

Komodo 6                      : 300 (+ 76,=158,- 66), 51.7 %
Stockfish_SZ 13110122         : 300 (+ 64,=175,- 61), 50.5 %
Stockfish DD                  : 300 (+ 63,=155,- 82), 46.8 %

4 Komodo 6                  :   900 (+182,=514,-204), 48.8 %

Houdini 3                     : 300 (+ 74,=168,- 58), 52.7 %
Stockfish_SZ 13110122         : 300 (+ 42,=188,- 70), 45.3 %
Houdini 4                     : 300 (+ 66,=158,- 76), 48.3 %

5 Houdini 3                 :   600 (+105,=327,-168), 44.8 %

Komodo 6                      : 300 (+ 58,=168,- 74), 47.3 %
Stockfish_SZ 13110122         : 300 (+ 47,=159,- 94), 42.2 %

[ouachita]

Aser - what is the average game length?

[Aser Huerga]

Aser - what is the average game length?

I can't tell you with total accuracy, but around 4 hours per game. Notice that CPU speed is 4.25Ghz and games are played at 1 core, for comparision purposes.

Cheers.

[Aser Huerga]

Aser - what is the average game length?

Sorry Bobby, I notice you probably mean number of moves: 94 moves on average.

[ouachita]

Aser - which GUI are you using in your tests; Fritz, Arena, or ?

[Aser Huerga]

Aser - which GUI are you using in your tests; Fritz, Arena, or ?

I'm using Arena.