Experiments and curiosities

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Short articles about various aspects of computer chess.

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[jstanback]

Hi Ed!

I get similar results when running fixed depth matches between Wasp3 and Stockfish 8. Wasp wins 96% against SF at depth=4

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depth wins draws losses  
 1     306   271    423  44.15%
 2     707    68    225  74.10%
 3     915    54     31  94.20%
 4     956     8     36  96.00%
 5     922    57     21  95.05%
 6     885    83     32  92.65%
 7     884    95     21  93.15%
 8     764   143     93  83.55%
 9     484   309    207  63.85%
10     340   439    221  55.95%

I didn't test at higher depths, but of course SF will soon start to dominate Wasp. Fixed depth tests against other strong engines are somewhat similar also. I guess SF plays so weak at low depths due to it's huge amount of pruning and reduction. But I haven't found pruning and reduction conditions for Wasp that give enough reduction in tree size to offset the mistakes ....

John

[mhull]

Hi Ed!

I get similar results when running fixed depth matches between Wasp3 and Stockfish 8. Wasp wins 96% against SF at depth=4

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depth wins draws losses  
 1     306   271    423  44.15%
 2     707    68    225  74.10%
 3     915    54     31  94.20%
 4     956     8     36  96.00%
 5     922    57     21  95.05%
 6     885    83     32  92.65%
 7     884    95     21  93.15%
 8     764   143     93  83.55%
 9     484   309    207  63.85%
10     340   439    221  55.95%

I didn't test at higher depths, but of course SF will soon start to dominate Wasp. Fixed depth tests against other strong engines are somewhat similar also. I guess SF plays so weak at low depths due to it's huge amount of pruning and reduction. But I haven't found pruning and reduction conditions for Wasp that give enough reduction in tree size to offset the mistakes ....

John

I ran some tests with SF8 (cfish) on Mac IIsi (MC68030 @20Mhz), which at 40/120 time control would reach between 6 and 12 ply depths, depending on the position. I ran it against Crafty, running on another machine at fixed depth 9 (moving instantly of course). There seemed to be some parity in strength there. Some estimated SF8 on that hardware at around 2600 Elo based on average NPS (300-400) over those games.