Zahak, a GoLang based chess engine

[Werner]

Thanks, I think I will wait for the updated engine.
Good luck
Werner

[amanjpro]

Thanks, I think I will wait for the updated engine.
Good luck
Werner

Thanks, and yes next version is a bit far away... I'll be including different skill levels, Syzygy support and a much stronger net hopefully.

Idea is make the engine usable for humans

Regards,
Amanj

[amanjpro]

Zahak 8.0 is released with hopefully +300 elo increase

You can download it here, https://github.com/amanjpro/zahak/releases/tag/8.0

And you can read about the release here: https://zahak.amanj.me/posts/meet-zahak-8/

Zahak 8.0 will be participating in the upcoming TCEC Swiss 2 event!

Against Zahak 7.1

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ELO   | 301.91 +- 12.36 (95%)
CONF  | 40.0+0.40s Threads=1 Hash=64MB
GAMES | N: 3520 W: 2602 L: 135 D: 783

[CMCanavessi]

Awesome release, and an incredible improvement in strength!

And with EGTBs out of the way, FRC is closer

[amanjpro]

Awesome release, and an incredible improvement in strength!

And with EGTBs out of the way, FRC is closer

Well, for FRC I need to learn it first to teach it to Zahak hhh

[matejst]

Congratulations, Amanj! The first impression is that it is a bit slower, but the net is much bigger than the ones in Berserk and Koivisto. I am testing it now against Danasah 9.0, and I shall probably do a short test against Seer (or use it simultaneously in analysis) to get an idea about its qualities. (Because, whatever one may think, NN's eval are not all equal).

[Scally]

Great Stuff Amanj ….

I’ll retrain my weaker NETs for Levels


Al.

[amanjpro]

Congratulations, Amanj! The first impression is that it is a bit slower, but the net is much bigger than the ones in Berserk and Koivisto. I am testing it now against Danasah 9.0, and I shall probably do a short test against Seer (or use it simultaneously in analysis) to get an idea about its qualities. (Because, whatever one may think, NN's eval are not all equal).

Oh, yes it is slower than 7.1, because the network is bigger than that.. But the network is the same size as in Berserk.

[amanjpro]

Great Stuff Amanj ….

I’ll retrain my weaker NETs for Levels


Al.

Thanks a lot

[matejst]

Since I edited my post several times (it is not easy to write in a foreign language), I deleted "slower than engines of similar strength". My impression was that it was because the net was bigger (your exe is bigger and achieves half the speed in number of nodes of Koivisto and Berserk, not to mention the depths). But to avoid further misunderstanding, just have in mind that I am not a programmer, and that I judge engines by using them for analysis and comparing their lines. While I am aware about the relativity of nodes, depths, etc., I have no technical knowledge to be precise about it.