A complete 2000 lines of code engine

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Did you fix ponder or it's still on the to-do list?

Ponder UCI option is here.
"Ponder move" is displayed but I'm still not sure how to handle ponderhit.
I see other engines going from "infinite mode" to "timed mode" and continue to search, but I don't get that.
So for now I just stop search on ponderhit and wait for another go command.

I feel silly about that.

After reading http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.p ... 9&start=50, I am even more lost.

Maybe I get it now ! next patch

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Minic 1.24 is out with many fixes (thanks to TCEC testing) and probably some elo, maybe +25 versus 1.19.

[xr_a_y]

Still thanks to TCEC bug hunting session, Minic 1.26 is available

This release seems in fact a lot stronger than 1.19 (same as 1.24 results shown here)

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Rank Name                          Elo     +/-   Games   Score   Draws
   0 minic_1.24                     34      13    1910   54.8%   35.5%
   1 igel-x64_popcnt                14      21     636   52.0%   37.7%
   2 Winter_0.7                    -33      23     637   45.3%   30.0%
   3 minic_1.19                    -84      21     637   38.1%   38.9%

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With more opponents, and at short TC the gap seems smaller

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Rank Name                          Elo     +/-   Games   Score   Draws
   1 demolito                      194      18    1234   75.3%   25.4%
   2 igel-2.2.2                     21      16    1234   53.0%   30.6%
   3 komodo-13-64-ja                17      16    1234   52.5%   32.2%
   4 rodentIII                      15      15    1233   52.2%   38.0%
   5 Winter0.7                      14      16    1233   52.0%   28.9%
   6 Hakkapeliitta                  10      17    1234   51.5%   27.1%
   7 minic_1.30                      4      15    1234   50.6%   36.1%
   8 amoeba                         -5      16    1234   49.3%   31.8%
   9 PeSTO_bmi2                    -24      17    1233   46.6%   26.2%
  10 minic_1.19                    -31      16    1234   45.6%   35.7%
  11 zurichess-neuchatel           -55      16    1234   42.2%   35.3%
  12 Counter-v3.4-linux-64         -71      16    1234   39.9%   31.5%
  13 Topple_master                 -75      16    1233   39.4%   29.6%

[CMCanavessi]

Still, awesome improvement. And Minic is doing really well at TCEC, hope to see it promote to L2

[xr_a_y]

Still, awesome improvement. And Minic is doing really well at TCEC, hope to see it promote to L2

It won't unfortunately ! because of a late minute crash and a good games from opponent. The issue may be fixed by this new release : 1.32

I hope to see it in some bonus match like the FRC tourney.

[CMCanavessi]

Still, awesome improvement. And Minic is doing really well at TCEC, hope to see it promote to L2

It won't unfortunately ! because of a late minute crash and a good games from opponent. The issue may be fixed by this new release : 1.32

I hope to see it in some bonus match like the FRC tourney.

It still might play if one of the L2 engines is too crash-prone, eg; Fritz or Chess22k

[xr_a_y]

Well a lot of effort and CPU time has been involved in Minic debugging the last few days before QL from TCEC crew and other engine authors, so this is clear to me that L2 engines deserve the same good treatment at least.

[xr_a_y]

Still, awesome improvement. And Minic is doing really well at TCEC, hope to see it promote to L2

It won't unfortunately ! because of a late minute crash and a good games from opponent. The issue may be fixed by this new release : 1.32

I hope to see it in some bonus match like the FRC tourney.

It still might play if one of the L2 engines is too crash-prone, eg; Fritz or Chess22k

You were right ! I'm in

By the way 1.34 is out (little fix to avoid null move output in pv)

[xr_a_y]

Minic 1.35 is out. This release has a chance to get over 3000 in the CCRL Blitz 4CPU list