DON Chess Engine

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erashid
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Re: DON Chess Engine

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chessica wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 5:48 pm All builds are faulty and don't work for me, except for ssse3.
How poosible ?

Last time it WON tournament.

using BMI2.

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Re: DON Chess Engine

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chessica wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 5:48 pm All builds are faulty and don't work for me, except for ssse3.
see this:

DON on TOP including SF
https://postimg.cc/njjPR6C1
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Re: DON Chess Engine

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chessica wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 5:48 pm All builds are faulty and don't work for me, except for ssse3.
What system you using?

If you want SSSE3 build i can give you ..

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Re: DON Chess Engine

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None of the versions my PC accepts. Is there a way to compile it in AVX (not AVX2), just AVX?
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Re: DON Chess Engine

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Chacal X wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 6:48 pm None of the versions my PC accepts. Is there a way to compile it in AVX (not AVX2), just AVX?
I have this:

1. DON-SSE4.1
2. DON-AVX2
3-. DON-BMI2
3*. DON-BMI2-COMP
4-. DON-AVXVNNI
4*. DON-AVXVNNI-COMP
5-. DON-AVX512
5*. DON-AVX512-COMP

or

DON-SSSE3-POPCNT
DON-SSSE3

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Re: DON Chess Engine

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[2026.01.07-19:03:51.049059] ->
<< info string Logger started
>> isready
<< readyok
>> isready
<< readyok
>> ucinewgame
>> isready
<< readyok
>> position fen 7k/5pp1/8/8/8/8/1K6/R7 w - - 0 1
>> go infinite
<< info string Available Processors: 0-11
<< info string Threads: 1
<< info string NNUE evaluation using nn-c288c895ea92.nnue (125MiB, (102384, 1024, 15, 32, 1))
<< info string NNUE evaluation using nn-37f18f62d772.nnue (6MiB, (22528, 128, 15, 32, 1))
<< info string Network replica 1: Shared memory
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Re: DON Chess Engine

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erashid wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 6:02 pm
chessica wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 5:48 pm All builds are faulty and don't work for me, except for ssse3.
How poosible ?

Last time it WON tournament.

using BMI2.

Thanks
This is a singular occurrence. Then the engine shuts down by itself.


[2026.01.07-19:03:45.915093]

<< info string Logger started
>> setoption name ReportMinimal value false
>> setoption name SmallEvalFile value nn-37f18f62d772.nnue
>> setoption name BigEvalFile value nn-c288c895ea92.nnue
>> setoption name SyzygyPVExtend value true
>> setoption name Syzygy50MoveRule value true
>> setoption name SyzygyProbeDepth value 1
>> setoption name SyzygyProbeLimit value 7
>> setoption name SyzygyPath value <empty>
>> setoption name BookPickBest value true
>> setoption name BookProbeDepth value 100
>> setoption name BookFile value <empty>
<< info string Load failed
>> setoption name UCI_ShowWDL value false
>> setoption name UCI_ELO value 3190
>> setoption name UCI_Chess960 value false
>> setoption name DrawMoveCount value 50
>> setoption name NodesTime value 0
>> setoption name MoveOverhead value 10
>> setoption name SkillLevel value 20
>> setoption name MultiPV value 1
>> setoption name Ponder value false
>> setoption name HashFile value <empty>
>> setoption name HashRetain value false
>> setoption name NumaPolicy value auto
<< info string Available Processors: 0-11
<< info string Threads: 1
>> quit
[2026.01.07-19:03:51.049059] ->
<< info string Logger started
>> isready
<< readyok
>> isready
<< readyok
>> ucinewgame
>> isready
<< readyok
>> position fen 7k/5pp1/8/8/8/8/1K6/R7 w - - 0 1
>> go infinite
<< info string Available Processors: 0-11
<< info string Threads: 1
<< info string NNUE evaluation using nn-c288c895ea92.nnue (125MiB, (102384, 1024, 15, 32, 1))
<< info string NNUE evaluation using nn-37f18f62d772.nnue (6MiB, (22528, 128, 15, 32, 1))
<< info string Network replica 1: Shared memory
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Re: DON Chess Engine

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chessica wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 7:11 pm
erashid wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 6:02 pm
chessica wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 5:48 pm All builds are faulty and don't work for me, except for ssse3.
How poosible ?

Last time it WON tournament.

using BMI2.

Thanks
This is a singular occurrence. Then the engine shuts down by itself.


[2026.01.07-19:03:45.915093]

<< info string Logger started
>> setoption name ReportMinimal value false
>> setoption name SmallEvalFile value nn-37f18f62d772.nnue
>> setoption name BigEvalFile value nn-c288c895ea92.nnue
>> setoption name SyzygyPVExtend value true
>> setoption name Syzygy50MoveRule value true
>> setoption name SyzygyProbeDepth value 1
>> setoption name SyzygyProbeLimit value 7
>> setoption name SyzygyPath value <empty>
>> setoption name BookPickBest value true
>> setoption name BookProbeDepth value 100
>> setoption name BookFile value <empty>
<< info string Load failed
>> setoption name UCI_ShowWDL value false
>> setoption name UCI_ELO value 3190
>> setoption name UCI_Chess960 value false
>> setoption name DrawMoveCount value 50
>> setoption name NodesTime value 0
>> setoption name MoveOverhead value 10
>> setoption name SkillLevel value 20
>> setoption name MultiPV value 1
>> setoption name Ponder value false
>> setoption name HashFile value <empty>
>> setoption name HashRetain value false
>> setoption name NumaPolicy value auto
<< info string Available Processors: 0-11
<< info string Threads: 1
>> quit
[2026.01.07-19:03:51.049059] ->
<< info string Logger started
>> isready
<< readyok
>> isready
<< readyok
>> ucinewgame
>> isready
<< readyok
>> position fen 7k/5pp1/8/8/8/8/1K6/R7 w - - 0 1
>> go infinite
<< info string Available Processors: 0-11
<< info string Threads: 1
<< info string NNUE evaluation using nn-c288c895ea92.nnue (125MiB, (102384, 1024, 15, 32, 1))
<< info string NNUE evaluation using nn-37f18f62d772.nnue (6MiB, (22528, 128, 15, 32, 1))
<< info string Network replica 1: Shared memory
This mean engine is running ok...

What exactly the issue is ?

it prints output correctly..
>> quit
Quit the engine.

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Re: DON Chess Engine

Post by erashid »

Chacal X wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 6:48 pm None of the versions my PC accepts. Is there a way to compile it in AVX (not AVX2), just AVX?
which one you are using ?

1. DON-SSE4.1
2. DON-AVX2
3-. DON-BMI2
3*. DON-BMI2-COMP
4-. DON-AVXVNNI
4*. DON-AVXVNNI-COMP
5-. DON-AVX512
5*. DON-AVX512-COMP

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chessica
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Re: DON Chess Engine

Post by chessica »

No, closing console w/o comment.