Current results in a head to head match between Houdini 3 and the latest functional release of Stockfish.
i7 840 4 core
Book of GM games, 8 moves. Same book for both programs.
Each program plays both sides of the opening.
Houdini has use of 5 man TB on SSD drive.
TC 40/5
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shrapnel wrote:Yep, latest Stockfish requires no tweaks at all...beats Houdini 3 at default settings.
Time for Houdini 4
Yes. This version seems very strong at my tested time control of 5/40. Match is to 50 games for this test, before I test against the other top programs.
And again Stockfish is showing its superiority over Houdini 3 at 5/40. And this is Houdini 3's wheelhouse.
"The worst thing that can happen to a forum is a running wild attacking moderator(HGM) who is not corrected by the community." - Ed Schröder
But my words like silent raindrops fell. And echoed in the wells of silence.
"The worst thing that can happen to a forum is a running wild attacking moderator(HGM) who is not corrected by the community." - Ed Schröder
But my words like silent raindrops fell. And echoed in the wells of silence.
Amazing how the mighty Houdini got smashed like that
Dr.D
_No one can hit as hard as life.But it ain’t about how hard you can hit.It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.How much you can take and keep moving forward….
Now this information makes me happy as I can calculate there really good chance this is true. In fact I am 95% certain Stockfish is somewhere between -15 and +132 ELO of Houdini.
There are several versions/iterations of Stockfish 07.
Which one was that ?
rgds
Just use the latest version of stockfish, as of now there as been no new functional release since the version I tested. The 07 is the day, 09 is the month, 13 is the year this version was made I tested... Stockfish 070913
"The worst thing that can happen to a forum is a running wild attacking moderator(HGM) who is not corrected by the community." - Ed Schröder
But my words like silent raindrops fell. And echoed in the wells of silence.
Amazing how the mighty Houdini got smashed like that
Dr.D
no, that means nothing. soom rybka or houdini or someone else will be back with another upgrade and blow them both to smitherines.
We can only hope so. This is called progress. I have seen this pattern play out since the beginning of the computer chess market. Some seem to think one program or programmer will always dominate. This is not what computer chess history teaches. The pattern is you have you time in the sun, and someone new or unexpected can comes along with new ideas and innovations. And they will have their time in the sun.
It could be Houdini again, or Rybka, or Komodo, or someone we don't expect, or someone new. No program plays perfect chess, so progress will continue.
"The worst thing that can happen to a forum is a running wild attacking moderator(HGM) who is not corrected by the community." - Ed Schröder
But my words like silent raindrops fell. And echoed in the wells of silence.
