Is EMAN the future number one?

[Glarean]

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From one of my current engine tournaments a clear and deserved winner emerged: EMAN.



I contacted the Eman programmer Khalid Omar and learned some details about his interesting engine...

The article also takes a closer look at the NN engine LeelaChessZero and its influence on the master players.

Here's the whole report and all downloads:

https://glarean-magazin.ch/2020/06/01/c ... ournament/

(English translation below)

Have fun: Walter

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[Daniel Shawul]

But Eman is not an engine. It is more like a plugin to a GUI.

[zullil]

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From one of my current engine tournaments a clear and deserved winner emerged: EMAN.



I contacted the Eman programmer Khalid Omar and learned some details about his interesting engine...

The article also takes a closer look at the NN engine LeelaChessZero and its influence on the master players.

Here's the whole report and all downloads:

https://glarean-magazin.ch/2020/06/01/c ... ournament/

(English translation below)

Have fun: Walter

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But his creator is convinced that Eman is not just an above-averagely successful infusion of SF, but should be considered and respected as a quasi independent engine product: „Today, Eman can no longer be compared to Stockfish,“ says Omar. „My many changes influenced almost every aspect of the original Stockfish from time management to thread synchronization. And that doesn’t just apply to the alpha-beta algorithm, but also to the evaluation part, which is the backbone of any good chess engine“.

The "creator" should make the source code available, showing respect for Stockfish's GPL license. Maybe then his creation might be considered and respected as a quasi-independent engine product.

[Glarean]

The "creator" should make the source code available, showing respect for Stockfish's GPL license. Maybe then his creation might be considered and respected as a quasi-independent engine product.

Opinions differ on that...

[Glarean]

But Eman is not an engine. It is more like a plugin to a GUI.

Hm... This GUI plays chess pretty damn good...

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[Site "Glarean-Magazin"]
[Date "2020.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eman-Topshots (4)"]
[Black "Komodo 13.3 - Eman 5.5"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Computer & W.Eigenmann"]
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[FEN "1b2r3/1p3qk1/5pp1/1r1Pp2p/pNNnQ2P/P1R3P1/1P3PK1/3R4 b - - 0 42"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
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[Source "W. Eigenmann"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
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42... f5 $1 43. Qd3 (43. Qe3 f4 $17) 43... f4 44. Re1 $2 (44. Qe4 fxg3 45. Rxg3
Rf8 $17) 44... fxg3 45. fxg3 Rf8 46. Kh1 (46. Rf1 Qxf1+ 47. Qxf1 Rxf1 48. Kxf1
Nf5 49. Nd2 Nd6 $19) 46... Qf2 47. Qd2 (47. Qe3 e4 $19) 47... e4 48. Qxf2 Rxf2
49. Rxe4 Ne2 50. Re7+ Kh6 $19 *[/pgn]

[mehmet123]

Eman is a uci engine It derivatives from Stockfish engine. Although it contains innovative techniques but it's (Eman 5.40) not stronger than Stockfish dev. Maybe new version (Eman 5.60) is stronger than Stockfish dev. To be sure of this we need more games.

https://sites.google.com/site/computers ... -7-3500elo

Eman Chimera is a tool to run two or more engines to play the same game.
Move 0 to Move X: A engine is active
Move X to Move Y: B engine is active

Eman Chimerea allows us to use Lc0 and Stockfish together.

[Terje]

Making claims about which engine is best based on 60 games each

[zullil]

The "creator" should make the source code available, showing respect for Stockfish's GPL license. Maybe then his creation might be considered and respected as a quasi-independent engine product.

Opinions differ on that...

You're probably right. Seeing the source code might simply show that this "engine" is basically Stockfish.

[Glarean]

Making claims about which engine is best based on 60 games each

Please think about that:

• Statistics are no substitute for personal judgment. (Folk wisdom)

• When I think of "statistics", I think of the hunter who shot the first time just to the left of a rabbit, and the second time just to the right. On the statistical average, there would be one dead rabbit. (F. Steinkühler)

• Statistics are like bikinis: They reveal a lot, but hide the most important things. (Folk wisdom)

[Glarean]

You're probably right. Seeing the source code might simply show that this "engine" is basically Stockfish.

...but the Eman programmer himself says nothing else!?

https://glarean-magazin.ch/2020/06/01/c ... cratch8230