Which Stockfish version to get good evaluations for database

[Peperoni]

Hello,

I'm looking for a way to quickly evaluate each move for my large database.
I have the code ready but I am not sure which engine/version to use for that.
The idea would be to have a strong engine evaluation (Elo 3000+) in the fastest way possible.
First I thought about Stockfish 14 at depth 18 with NNUE but NNUE is a lot slower.
Then I have the feeling Stockfish 14 without NNUE is also slower than Stockfish 13.
Maybe an older but quicker version of Stockfish would do the trick?

Thanks a lot

You can use sf14 on depth 12, it is around 3000+ CCRL Blitz.

Hello Ferdy, where did you read that please?

I tested it with my engine (around 3000) on Blitz TC and sf14 at depth 12.

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   # PLAYER                     :  RATING  ERROR  POINTS  PLAYED   (%)
   1 sf14 d12                   :     123     49    83.5     125  66.8
   2 Deuterium v2019.2.37.73    :       0   ----    41.5     125  33.2

Interesting, thank you ! Do you have something similar for bigger depth? Like 14 or 16?

[Ferdy]

Hello,

I'm looking for a way to quickly evaluate each move for my large database.
I have the code ready but I am not sure which engine/version to use for that.
The idea would be to have a strong engine evaluation (Elo 3000+) in the fastest way possible.
First I thought about Stockfish 14 at depth 18 with NNUE but NNUE is a lot slower.
Then I have the feeling Stockfish 14 without NNUE is also slower than Stockfish 13.
Maybe an older but quicker version of Stockfish would do the trick?

Thanks a lot

You can use sf14 on depth 12, it is around 3000+ CCRL Blitz.

Hello Ferdy, where did you read that please?

I tested it with my engine (around 3000) on Blitz TC and sf14 at depth 12.

Code: Select all

   # PLAYER                     :  RATING  ERROR  POINTS  PLAYED   (%)
   1 sf14 d12                   :     123     49    83.5     125  66.8
   2 Deuterium v2019.2.37.73    :       0   ----    41.5     125  33.2

Interesting, thank you ! Do you have something similar for bigger depth? Like 14 or 16?

I don't have.

[yurikvelo]

Limit time, not depth.
For any time you are able to spend, latest SF-NNUE will provide best possible analysis strength.

If you look for mistakes you need to test 2 positions: before move and after, and to see eval difference (mistake = eval drop)

If you have N cores, better run N instances with Threads=1

If you run 0.1 sec per FEN on 16-core CPU, it is 100M * 2 * 0.1 / 16 = 1.25 Msec ~ 15 days