AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
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HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
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HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
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HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
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HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds
I expected too much from Micro Max. I thought that It's just a 2kb code and does much better..
Gerbil, TSCP and Micro Max are the good starting points for programmers trying to learn how to develop chess engines... and what's funny is that they all are around the same strength with 50 elo apart.
I am not sure this is really the strongest version of micro-Max. When the tourney started it definitely was not, and I am not sure Graham replaced it when I pointed it out.
The siuation is a bit confusing, because there are several versions of uMax around that are all version 4.8m. The problem is that the version number pertains to the source code, and that these are different compiles. They differ hugely in performance. For instance, on my E6600, the Micromax48_PII.exe made by Denis Mendoza runs 1.75x faster than my own gcc compile umax4_8w.exe (which was running here).
A factor 1.75 makes a very important difference in strength at this level, especially on an engine with virtually no knowledge, like uMax.
hgm wrote:I am not sure this is really the strongest version of micro-Max. When the tourney started it definitely was not, and I am not sure Graham replaced it when I pointed it out.
The siuation is a bit confusing, because there are several versions of uMax around that are all version 4.8m. The problem is that the version number pertains to the source code, and that these are different compiles. They differ hugely in performance. For instance, on my E6600, the Micromax48_PII.exe made by Denis Mendoza runs 1.75x faster than my own gcc compile umax4_8w.exe (which was running here).
A factor 1.75 makes a very important difference in strength at this level, especially on an engine with virtually no knowledge, like uMax.
Hi HG,
when I started using the compile that you suggested, I started getting losses on time, so I reverted back to the tried and trusted exe that is slower. Sorry, but I did try.
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds
AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds
