How fast is Stockfish here!?

[Eduard]

Monster PC (Wilson Fisk) is back on PlayChess.com.

Monster Hardware:



850 MNs.

Raspberry Pi 3 only 50 kns.

One of the first games:

[Event "5 min, rated"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2023.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "RASPBERRY-PI-3, 1...g6 Strategy.ctg"]
[Black "MONSTER PC, Stockfish Cluster 15.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2904"]
[BlackElo "3002"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.02.08"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. c4 {B 1} e5 {B 0} 2. Nc3 {B 1} Nf6 {B 0} 3. Nf3 {B 1} Nc6 {B 0} 4. e4 {B 1} Bb4 {B 0} 5. d3 {B 1} d6 {B 0} 6. a3 {B 1} Bc5 {B 0} 7. Be2 {B 1} a5 {B 0} 8. Be3 {B 1} Nd4 {B 0} 9. Bxd4 {B 1} exd4 {B 0} 10. Na4 {B 1} Ba7 {B 0} 11. b4 {B 1} O-O {B 0} 12. O-O {B 1} Re8 {B 0} 13. Qc2 {B 1} Bd7 {B 0} 14. Rfe1 {B 1} axb4 {0.00/40 5} 15. axb4 {B 1} c6 {0.03/42 12} 16. c5 {B 1} b5 {0.02/41 4} 17. cxb6 {B 1} Bxb6 {0.01/44 8} 18. h3 {B 1} h6 {0.02/41 9} 19. Bf1 {B 1} Ba7 {0.00/46 5} 20. Nb2 {B 1} Qc7 {0.00/45 4} 21. Nc4 {B 1 (Ra2)} d5 {0.00/51 7} 22. Ncd2 {B 1 (Na5)} Rab8 {0.00/50 6} 23. Qa2 {B 1 (Reb1)} Rb7 {-0.08/35 5} 24. Qa3 {B 1 (Reb1)} Bb6 {-0.03/52 7} 25. Qc1 {0.00/20 20} Ba7 {0.00/61 0} 26. Qa3 {0.00/20 8} Qb8 {0.00/61 0} 27. e5 {B 1} Nh7 {0.00/63 4} 28. Nb3 {B 1} Ng5 {0.00/62 10} 29. Nxg5 {0.00/25 5} hxg5 {0.00/67 12} 30. Na5 {0.00/27 1} Rc7 {0.00/66 7} 31. Nb3 {0.00/27 1 (Lag: Av=0.16s, max=0.7s)} 1/2-1/2

Easy draw with Raspberry Pi 3.

[Eduard]

NOT EASY TO WIN WITH 850 mns

[reflectionofpower]

Monster PC? That setup should have gone through that Raspberry configuration like a hot knife through butter. My 4 cores of SF choose basically all the same moves. In more games, you would see the discrepancy, but there is something way off there. With such a huge gulf in processing power, it should be apparent immediately.

The "Golden Age" of hybrids and each program being uniquely different was a beautiful thing in the mid 90's. You'll never see that again, but we are seeing new strides with neural networking, processing power and such.

[Eduard]

Game live from Server



My Engine plays with 5300 kns (2 Cores, 4 Threads)



Chat, Monster PC.

Draw variants cannot be won even with 10x 850 nps.

Games 1, Monster PC plays Evans Gambit:

[pgn][Event "Rated game, 5 min"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2023.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Monster pc, Stockfish Cluster 15.1"]
[Black "Solista, Charisma 080223"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2968"]
[BlackElo "2964"]
[Annotator "0.03;0.00"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.02.08"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

{Stockfish Cluster 15.1 (single): 53.8 plies; 836.282kN/s 12 x Dual Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Cluster 2700MHz, (1 cores, 2 threads), Energy v1.ctg, 1024 MB} 1. e4 {B 0} e5 {B 0} 2. Nf3 {B 0} Nc6 {B 0} 3. Bc4 {B 0} Bc5 {B 0} 4. b4 {B 0} Bxb4 {B 0} 5. c3 {B 0} Ba5 {B 0} 6. d4 {B 0} d6 {B 0} 7. Qb3 {B 0} Qd7 {B 0} 8. O-O {B 0} Bb6 {B 0} 9. Nbd2 {B 0} Na5 {B 0} 10. Qc2 {B 0} f6 {B 0} 11. a4 {B 0} Ne7 {B 0} 12. Ba2 {B 0} Nec6 {B 0} 13. Re1 {B 0} Qe7 {B 0} 14. Ba3 {B 0} exd4 {B 0} 15. cxd4 {0.03/48 17} Nxd4 {B 0} 16. Nxd4 {0.00/53 8} Bxd4 {B 0} 17. Rab1 {0.00/55 5} c5 {B 0} 18. Nf3 {0.00/52 13} Be5 {B 0} 19. Qd2 {0.00/55 13} b6 {B 0} 20. Nxe5 {0.00/60 4} fxe5 {B 0} 21. Bd5 {0.00/56 5} Rb8 {B 0} 22. f4 {0.00/58 5} Bb7 {B 0} 23. Bb2 {0.00/79 9} Bxd5 {B 0 (Rf8)} 24. Qxd5 {0.00/61 5} Rf8 {B 0} 25. Bc3 {0.00/68 5} Nb7 {B 0} 26. a5 {0.00/61 5} Rxf4 {B 0} 27. axb6 {0.00/60 4} axb6 {B 0} 28. Rxb6 {0.00/68 6} Kf8 {B 0 (Rf7)} 29. h3 {0.00/62 4} h6 {B 0 (Rf7)} 30. Reb1 {0.00/59 5} Rf7 {0.00/53 15} 31. Kh2 {0.00/58 1} Kg8 {B 0} 32. Rf1 {0.00/59 3} Qd7 {0.00/51 5 (Rbf8)} 33. Bd2 {0.00/60 11} Rbf8 {0.00/48 0} 34. Rfb1 {0.00/61 8} Rb8 {0.00/48 0} 35. Rf1 {0.00/60 4} Rbf8 {0.00/50 6} 36. Be3 {0.00/72 9 (Rfb1)} Rb8 {0.00/49 5 (c4)} 37. Bg1 {0.00/80 16 Solista,Charisma 080223 offers a draw} Qc7 {0.00/50 0} 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Games 2, he wanted to leave the opening quickly, both engines leave the book after move 2:

[pgn][Event "Rated game, 5 min"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2023.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Monster pc, Stockfish Cluster 15.1"]
[Black "Solista, Charisma 080223"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2971"]
[BlackElo "2971"]
[Annotator "-0.40;-0.34"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2023.02.08"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

{Stockfish Cluster 15.1 (single): 46.8 plies; 879.613kN/s 12 x Dual Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Cluster 2700MHz, (1 cores, 2 threads), Energy v1.ctg, 1024 MB} 1. f4 {B 0} d5 {B 0} 2. b3 {B 0} Bg4 {-0.34/32 14} 3. h3 {-0.40/43 10} Bh5 {-0.50/31 0} 4. g4 {-0.37/40 7} e5 {-0.36/34 4} 5. Bg2 {-0.42/39 5} Bg6 {-0.34/34 0} 6. Nc3 {-0.40/43 6} Bc5 {-0.45/32 0} 7. Kf1 {-0.36/38 4} h5 {-0.40/31 1} 8. e3 {-0.37/40 4 (f5)} exf4 {-0.42/31 3} 9. exf4 {-0.34/38 0} hxg4 {-0.47/30 3} 10. d4 {-0.34/39 3} gxh3 {-0.40/32 0} 11. Rxh3 {-0.29/39 7} Rxh3 {-0.44/34 0} 12. Nxh3 {-0.28/37 4} Bd6 {-0.42/31 0} 13. Nxd5 {-0.25/35 4 (Qf3)} Nc6 {-0.38/32 2} 14. c3 {-0.25/36 1} Qd7 {-0.42/33 6} 15. Qf3 {-0.24/36 0} O-O-O {-0.50/32 3 (Nh6)} 16. Ng5 {-0.26/35 6 (Bd2)} Kb8 {-0.39/34 19} 17. Ne3 {-0.25/44 2} Nge7 {-0.42/31 1 (Nh6)} 18. Bd2 {-0.21/36 4} f6 {-0.31/37 13 (Nf5)} 19. Ne4 {-0.11/32 4} Bxe4 {-0.27/32 3} 20. Qxe4 {-0.11/36 1} f5 {-0.29/31 2} 21. Qf3 {-0.13/39 4} Ng6 {-0.28/30 3} 22. Nc4 {-0.12/38 0} Nh4 {-0.26/31 3} 23. Qh5 {-0.11/36 4} Nxg2 {-0.22/32 2} 24. Kxg2 {-0.11/42 3} Be7 {-0.21/33 18} 25. Re1 {-0.04/44 2} Bf6 {-0.20/35 18} 26. Ne5 {0.00/55 0} Nxe5 {-0.22/34 2} 27. fxe5 {0.00/58 2} Be7 {-0.20/32 0} 28. e6 {0.00/60 4} Qc6+ {-0.16/37 3} 29. Qf3 {0.00/58 1} Qa6 {0.00/43 5} 30. a4 {0.00/57 0} Rf8 {0.00/43 5} 31. Re5 {0.00/58 0} f4 {0.00/42 3} 32. Qe4 {0.00/57 2} g5 {0.00/52 2} 33. c4 {0.00/65 2} Qd6 {0.00/39 1} 34. c5 {0.00/59 9 Solista,Charisma 080223 offers a draw} Qd8 {0.00/42 0} 35. Rd5 {0.00/59 4 (Qd5)} Qe8 {0.00/42 3} 36. Rd7 {0.00/59 1 (Rf5)} Qh5 {0.00/43 3} 37. Qe5 {0.00/61 1} Qg4+ {0.00/44 2 (Ka8)} 38. Kf1 {0.00/60 5 (Kf2)} Qf3+ {0.00/45 4} 39. Kg1 {0.00/61 1} Qg4+ {0.00/48 3 (Bf6)} 40. Kf1 {0.00/62 4} Qf3+ {0.00/44 0} 41. Kg1 {0.00/74 4} Qg3+ {0.00/43 0 (Bf6)} 42. Kf1 {0.00/67 4} Qd3+ {0.00/39 0 (Ka8)} 43. Ke1 {0.00/61 13} Qg3+ {0.00/47 0} 44. Kf1 {0.00/64 3} Ka8 {0.00/46 1} 45. c6 {0.00/59 4} Qf3+ {0.00/47 0} 46. Kg1 {0.00/57 3} bxc6 {0.00/48 1 (Qg3+)} 47. Rxc7 {0.00/84 6 (Qxc7)} Re8 {0.00/44 3} 48. Be1 {0.00/56 0} Ba3 {0.00/44 6 (g4)} 49. Qg7 {0.00/68 3 (Qa5)} Qg4+ {0.00/72 9} 50. Kf1 {0.00/74 0} Qf3+ {0.00/57 1} 51. Kg1 {0.00/81 13} Qg4+ {0.00/59 0} 52. Kf1 {0.00/85 4} Qh3+ {0.00/58 1} 53. Kg1 {0.00/119 20} Qg4+ {0.00/66 0} 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[Eduard]

If anyone wants to test my new Charisma Engine, here is a download.

Charisma 080223 (Windows 64-Bit):

https://pixeldrain.com/u/cGrX6Y6Z

The engine has now been optimized even better for Blitz. There is no update on my homepage this month.

[Eduard]

[Eduard]

It seems that the hardware doesn't matter much anymore. Monster PC hasn't won a single game in over 12 hours! At the blitz tournament on PlayChess.com tonight, a difficult opening was enough to lose 850.000 kns against 35.000 kns.

In the following game, both engines were out of the book after move 4. Charisma 080223 ran on 15 cores and easily overplayed the monster. Great performance by Charisma 080223 engine, I'm happy!

[pgn][Event "Wednesday 8 February Blitz Tour 3+0, 16 rounds"]
[Site "Machines A"]
[Date "2023.02.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "A2-a3, Charisma 080223-avx2"]
[Black "MONSTER PC, Stockfish Cluster 15.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2971"]
[BlackElo "2921"]
[Annotator "0.87;0.31"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2023.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1. e4 {B 0} c6 {B 0} 2. d4 {B 0} d5 {0.31/36 5} 3. e5 {B 0 (Nd2)} g6 {B 0} 4. Nf3 {0.87/35 11} Bg7 {B 0 (Nh6)} 5. Bd3 {0.89/28 2} c5 {0.99/38 14 (f6)} 6. c3 {0.92/31 2} Nc6 {0.96/40 4 (Bg4)} 7. O-O {0.95/33 3} cxd4 {0.98/41 6} 8. cxd4 {0.99/34 1} Bg4 {0.98/35 0} 9. Nbd2 {0.89/33 3} e6 {0.94/36 1} 10. h3 {0.93/33 4} Bxf3 {0.98/36 1} 11. Nxf3 {0.95/33 1} Nge7 {1.04/34 0} 12. Bg5 {0.92/31 3} h6 {1.04/38 4} 13. Be3 {0.95/31 1 (Bd2)} Nf5 {0.97/32 3 (Qb6)} 14. Bxf5 {0.97/31 3} exf5 {1.01/32 1} 15. Ne1 {1.02/34 7} O-O {1.07/36 3} 16. Nd3 {1.10/34 15} Qd7 {1.07/36 2} 17. Rc1 {1.09/31 0} Rfc8 {1.07/32 2} 18. Qf3 {1.03/30 1} b6 {1.04/32 1} 19. h4 {1.10/33 4} Ne7 {1.07/36 6} 20. b3 {1.15/31 0} Rxc1 {1.12/38 6} 21. Bxc1 {1.10/32 1} Rd8 {1.14/39 4} 22. Rd1 {1.17/33 2 (Nf4)} Nc6 {1.08/37 4} 23. Bb2 {1.19/31 1} h5 {1.10/37 2} 24. Nf4 {1.18/30 0} Bh6 {1.09/33 1} 25. Ne2 {1.12/30 1} Ne7 {1.08/36 2} 26. g3 {1.12/31 1} Kh7 {1.08/32 1 (Kg7)} 27. Ba3 {1.19/30 2} Nc6 {1.09/35 1} 28. Bc1 {1.17/33 3} Bxc1 {1.09/35 0} 29. Rxc1 {1.21/33 2} Rc8 {1.08/35 0} 30. Rd1 {1.19/32 2} Ne7 {1.14/30 0} 31. Kg2 {1.24/34 13 (Rd2)} Kg7 {1.23/36 7 (a5)} 32. Rd2 {1.27/29 2} b5 {1.25/33 2 (a6)} 33. Qe3 {1.30/36 17} Nc6 {1.65/39 0 (f4)} 34. Nf4 {1.44/24 1} Qb7 {1.67/35 2} 35. Rd1 {1.61/27 0} b4 {1.68/32 2 (Nd8)} 36. Re1 {1.73/26 2} Ne7 {1.80/32 2} 37. Nd3 {1.78/26 0} Qb5 {1.84/28 2} 38. Rd1 {1.96/28 2 (Qd2)} Rc3 {2.10/32 6} 39. Qd2 {2.10/31 0} Nc6 {2.32/31 5} 40. Nf4 {2.20/30 0} Ne7 {2.29/27 2} 41. Ne2 {2.29/28 1} Rc6 {2.47/33 6} 42. Re1 {2.45/31 3} Kh7 {2.55/30 0} 43. Qg5 {2.53/30 1} Re6 {2.62/29 0} 44. Ng1 {2.57/26 1} Nc6 {2.77/33 4} 45. Nh3 {2.67/29 0} Qb7 {2.75/29 2} 46. Rd1 {2.74/27 1} Qd7 {2.89/28 2} 47. Qd2 {2.79/28 0} Re8 {3.03/26 1} 48. Rc1 {2.85/27 1} Qb7 {2.98/27 2} 49. Nf4 {2.96/25 0} Re7 {3.28/27 1} 50. Rc5 {3.14/25 0} Nd8 {3.22/26 1} 51. Qc2 {3.52/28 5} Ne6 {3.69/29 0} 52. Nxe6 {3.58/24 0} fxe6 {3.50/21 0} 53. Rc8 {3.66/27 1} Kg7 {3.71/23 0 (f4)} 54. Qc5 {3.76/24 1} Kf7 {4.15/25 0} 55. Rh8 {3.99/25 1} Kg7 {4.00/25 0} 56. Rb8 {4.13/26 1} Qd7 {4.37/26 0} 57. Ra8 {4.28/25 1} Kh6 {4.50/26 0 (f4)} 58. Kf3 {4.59/28 3} Qb7 {4.84/30 0 (Kh7)} 59. Rh8+ {4.85/26 2} Kg7 {4.93/29 0} 60. Qc8 {4.88/28 1 (Rb8)} Qxc8 {4.43/21 0} 61. Rxc8 {4.96/27 1} f4 {5.04/25 0} 62. gxf4 {5.05/24 1} Rb7 {5.26/27 0} 63. Kg3 {5.12/26 1 (Rc6)} Kf7 {5.00/19 1} 64. f3 {5.31/23 0} Kg7 {5.46/24 0 (a5)} 65. f5 {5.50/26 1} gxf5 {5.76/26 0} 66. Kf4 {5.57/24 1} Kh6 {5.88/24 0 (Kg6)} 67. Rf8 {5.80/24 1} Rb6 {5.83/25 0} 68. Rf6+ {5.95/23 1} Kg7 {6.08/23 0} 69. Kg5 {6.07/27 1} f4 {6.31/23 0} 70. Kxh5 {6.22/23 1} Rc6 {6.44/22 0 (Ra6)} 71. Kg5 {6.41/27 1} Rc3 {6.75/24 0} 72. Kxf4 {6.56/23 0} a5 {7.07/20 0} 73. Rxe6 {6.74/23 1} Rc2 {7.42/23 0} 74. Ra6 {6.99/21 0 (h5)} a4 {7.48/15 0 (Kf7)} 75. Rxa4 {7.94/23 1 (bxa4)} Kg6 {7.05/14 1} 76. Ra6+ {8.16/21 0 (Rxb4)} Kh5 {7.21/13 0} 77. e6 {8.42/22 0} Kg6 {7.80/18 0 (Rf2)} 78. Ke5 {8.76/21 1} Re2+ {9.11/19 0} 79. Kxd5 {9.02/23 0} Kf6 {12.15/18 0 (Kf5)} 80. Ra8 {13.09/21 2} Ke7 {21.43/30 0} 81. Ra7+ {19.47/16 0} Kf6 {31.38/30 0} 82. e7 {199.21/23 0 (Rf7+)} Kf5 {12.20/13 0 (Re3)} 83. h5 {#15/48 1} Kf4 {37.61/33 0 (Kf6)} 84. h6 {#9/52 1} Kg3 {#8/43 0 (Ke3)} 85. h7 {#8/61 1} Re1 {#7/77 0 (Rh2)} 86. h8=Q {#7/72 1} Kg2 {#6/81 0} 87. e8=R {#6/65 0} Rxe8 {#5/124 0} 88. Qxe8 {#5/104 0} Kf2 {#4/249 1} 89. Qe4 {#4/245 0} Kg3 {#3/249 1 (Kg1)} 90. Qe3 {#3/245 0} Kh4 {#2/249 0} 91. Rg7 {#2/245 0} Kh5 {#1/249 0 (Kh3)} 92. Qg5# {#1/245 0 (Lag: Av=0.23s, max=0.9s)} 1-0[/pgn]

[Eduard]

Hello Monster PC, we miss you!

[Werewolf]

IIRC There were rumours of this user cheating in the past.

[Eduard]

That's not a rumor, that's a fact. He had 4 (or even more) accounts. In order to get over 3000 Elo in the past, he received gift points. I was there live and reported about it (including PGN) in the CSS Forum.

Unfortunately, some accounts that are still at the top of the table manually select their opponents just to push themselves up. If these players were played normally in auto mode, they would not have a chance to be at the top. For me they are show-offs, sorry that I have to say it like that, but that's the way it is. Anyone who plays longer on PlayChess knows that.