updates ...

[MikeB]

found a slight improvement in adaptive play - testing now - will post updated results later and update GitHub this evening , gotta run

[MikeB]

found a slight improvement in adaptive play - testing now - will post updated results later and update GitHub this evening , gotta run

Final Adaptive play results - levels were changed from "Easy" to "Novice" , "Medium" to "Advanced" and from "Hard" to "Expert"

Expert - lowered the range to make it more suitable for humans, best for those rated ~1700 to ~2300.
Indicated adaptive playing range was from 1770 to 2200.

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Rank Name            Rating   Δ     +    -     #     Σ    Σ%     W    L    D   W%    =%   OppR 
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   1 Honey-X5i-2300   1104   0.0   21   21   500  321.0  64.2  208   66  226  41.6  45.2  1004 
   2 Honey-X5i-Hard   1004  99.5   21   21   500  179.0  35.8   66  208  226  13.2  45.2  1104 
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Rank Name            Rating   Δ     +    -     #     Σ    Σ%     W    L    D   W%    =%   OppR 
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   1 Honey-X5i-Hard   1089   0.0   27   27   500  299.5  59.9  244  145  111  48.8  22.2  1019 
   2 Honey-X5i-1700   1019  69.3   27   27   500  200.5  40.1  145  244  111  29.0  22.2  1089 
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Advanced - new range is 1300 to 1700, indicated adaptive playing range was from 1410 to 1610.

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Rank Name              Rating   Δ     +    -     #     Σ    Σ%     W    L    D   W%    =%   OppR 
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   1 Honey-X5i-1700     1098   0.0   82   82    41   26.0  63.4   19    8   14  46.3  34.1  1010 
   2 Honey-X5i-Medium   1010  88.7   82   82    41   15.0  36.6    8   19   14  19.5  34.1  1098 
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Rank Name              Rating   Δ     +    -     #     Σ    Σ%     W    L    D   W%    =%   OppR 
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   1 Honey-X5i-Medium   1109   0.0   28   28   500  327.0  65.4  279  125   96  55.8  19.2   999 
   2 Honey-X5i-1300      999 109.9   28   28   500  173.0  34.6  125  279   96  25.0  19.2  1109 
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Novice - range remains 1000 to 1300 , but with an expanded playing Elo range from about 1050 to 1180

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Rank Name            Rating   Δ     +    -     #     Σ    Σ%     W    L    D   W%    =%   OppR 
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   1 Honey-X5i-1300   1115   0.0   29   29   500  334.0  66.8  294  126   80  58.8  16.0   993 
   2 Honey-X5i-Easy    993 121.2   29   29   500  166.0  33.2  126  294   80  25.2  16.0  1115 
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Rank Name            Rating   Δ     +    -     #     Σ    Σ%     W    L    D   W%    =%   OppR 
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   1 Honey-X5i-Easy   1082   0.0   29   29   500  290.0  58.0  258  178   64  51.6  12.8  1026 
   2 Honey-X5i-1000   1026  56.5   29   29   500  210.0  42.0  178  258   64  35.6  12.8  1082 
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Honey was benchmarked to CCRL which is believed to be closer to FIDE than to USCF - but who knows, I certainly don't. This as good as any estimate afaik, ymmv http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtop ... 2&start=30. Anyway, once you start playing you will find out pretty quickly which ratings to play are the most fun for you.

Going final - cleaning up code now. No other changes.

[MikeB]

ok , so for those who like to make their own, both Honey and Crystal Honey has been updated on GitHub with the new Play by Elo scheme and the new adaptive play mode, the two links below will always download the latest source:

Honey X5i

Crystal-Honey X5i

some interesting results with Crystal Honey X5i "Elo" run...

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Rank Name                Rating   Δ     +    -     #     Σ    Σ%     W    L    D   W%    =%   OppR 
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   1 C-Honey-X5i-2900     3073   0.0   19   19  1000  720.0  72.0  555  115  330  55.5  33.0  2926 
   2 C-Honey-X5i-2800     2967 105.4   18   18  1000  481.0  48.1  300  338  362  30.0  36.2  2979 
   3 C-Honey-X5i-2700     2885  82.7   14   14  2000 1021.5  51.1  722  679  599  36.1  29.9  2874 
   4 C-Honey-X5i-2600     2783 101.3   19   19  1000  504.5  50.4  351  342  307  35.1  30.7  2778 
   5 C-Honey-X5i-2500     2672 111.0   13   13  2500 1429.0  57.2 1144  786  570  45.8  22.8  2610 
   6 C-Honey-X5i-2400     2557 115.4   16   16  1500  860.0  57.3  675  455  370  45.0  24.7  2500 
   7 C-Honey-X5i-2300     2467  89.9   16   16  1500  627.0  41.8  463  709  328  30.9  21.9  2530 
   8 C-Honey-X5i-2200     2360 106.8   13   13  3000 1562.5  52.1 1294 1169  537  43.1  17.9  2337 
   9 C-Honey-X5i-2100     2226 134.0   17   17  1500  888.0  59.2  738  462  300  49.2  20.0  2154 
  10 C-Honey-X5i-2000     2102 124.3   17   17  1500  571.0  38.1  420  778  302  28.0  20.1  2195 
  11 C-Honey-X5i-1900     1998 103.5   13   13  3000 1487.5  49.6 1282 1307  411  42.7  13.7  1999 
  12 C-Honey-X5i-1800     1896 102.1   17   17  1500  916.5  61.1  809  476  215  53.9  14.3  1803 
  13 C-Honey-X5i-1700     1779 117.3   15   15  2000  923.0  46.2  795  949  256  39.8  12.8  1809 
  14 Shallow Blue 2.0.0   1712  66.8   28   28   500  207.0  41.4  180  266   54  36.0  10.8  1779 
  15 C-Honey-X5i-1600     1630  81.8   14   14  3000 1477.5  49.2 1342 1387  271  44.7   9.0  1637 
  16 C-Honey-X5i-1500     1482 148.2   17   17  1500  844.5  56.3  757  568  175  50.5  11.7  1433 
  17 C-Honey-X5i-1400     1384  97.8   17   17  1500  606.0  40.4  518  806  176  34.5  11.7  1465 
  18 C-Honey-X5i-1300     1284 100.5   14   14  3000 1625.5  54.2 1513 1262  225  50.4   7.5  1213 
  19 C-Honey-X5i-1200     1155 129.0   20   20  1500 1018.5  67.9  973  436   91  64.9   6.1   971 
  20 C-Honey-X5i-1100      908 246.7   20   20  1500  528.5  35.2  496  939   65  33.1   4.3  1053 
  21 C-Honey-X5i-1000      720 188.3   25   25  1500  201.0  13.4  177 1275   48  11.8   3.2  1116 
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[Ovyron]

I like convoluted .. it's taking over the scheme from McCain.

Aha, so the truth has been revealed. I'll continue to call the engine McCain because this is not like the Glaurung -> Stockfish rebrand that started a new scheme proper. Since Honey XPro was the real Honey, I'll keep referring to new Honey as McCain

[Marek Soszynski]

I like convoluted .. it's taking over the scheme from McCain.

Aha, so the truth has been revealed. I'll continue to call the engine McCain because this is not like the Glaurung -> Stockfish rebrand that started a new scheme proper. Since Honey XPro was the real Honey, I'll keep referring to new Honey as McCain

So, the engine author changes names when unreasonable people demand it for bad reasons, but he refuses to change names when reasonable people request it for good reasons.

[Ovyron]

Seriously, it turns out Burnzie 1.0 sounds like a great name after all!

[maxdeg]

Seriously, it turns out Burnzie 1.0 sounds like a great name after all!

Hah !
After due consideration Mike has decided to rename the latest and greatest (to date) .. tada ..

ULYSSES ..

And you still have issues with my Dutch ..