Wasp 5.20 Released

[jstanback]

Wasp 5.20 is released. My testing shows more than 20 Elo improvement over Wasp 5.00. Also, this version supports FRC. It can be downloaded from Frank Quisinsky's website: https://www.amateurschach.de/. Many thanks to Frank for hosting Wasp on his website!

Happy New Year!
John

[bastiball]

Congrats for the Release!!

[Modern Times]

Wasp 5.20 is released. My testing shows more than 20 Elo improvement over Wasp 5.00. Also, this version supports FRC.

Happy New Year!
John

Another FRC engine First FRC results are up:
http://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/404FRC/

[Gabor Szots]

James, may I suggest something.

I'd like different versions to have different default NN names. Reason is that I would like to have all versions in the same folder and also run them.
As things stand currently, I had to rename the net supplied with version 5.20, then copy the name in the corresponding engine parameter field.

[jstanback]

Wasp 5.20 is released. My testing shows more than 20 Elo improvement over Wasp 5.00. Also, this version supports FRC.

Happy New Year!
John

Another FRC engine First FRC results are up:
http://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/404FRC/

Wow, that was quick! Thanks for testing Wasp.
John

[jstanback]

James, may I suggest something.

I'd like different versions to have different default NN names. Reason is that I would like to have all versions in the same folder and also run them.
As things stand currently, I had to rename the net supplied with version 5.20, then copy the name in the corresponding engine parameter field.

Here is a way to do that.
1. copy nn.bin to wasp520nn.bin
2. create a file called wasp520.cfg which contains the following line:
NN_File = wasp520nn.bin
(it could also contain other UCI commands)
3. start Wasp with the command "Wasp520-windows-avx -cfg wasp520.cfg"

John

[Gabor Szots]

James, may I suggest something.

I'd like different versions to have different default NN names. Reason is that I would like to have all versions in the same folder and also run them.
As things stand currently, I had to rename the net supplied with version 5.20, then copy the name in the corresponding engine parameter field.

Here is a way to do that.
1. copy nn.bin to wasp520nn.bin
2. create a file called wasp520.cfg which contains the following line:
NN_File = wasp520nn.bin
(it could also contain other UCI commands)
3. start Wasp with the command "Wasp520-windows-avx -cfg wasp520.cfg"

John

Thanks John, and apologies for the mstake with the name. I was thinking I was writing to James Swafford, author of Prophet.

[AdminX]

Thanks John! I finally got around to playing a 6 game match with Chiron 5.0.1. They are now playing their last game, if Wasp can hold at least a draw it will win because of this jewel of a game. The match score after 5 games is 4 Draws and 1 Win in favor of Wasp 5.20. Each engine used their own books and ran using 2 Threads each. Enjoy the fireworks!

[pgn]
[Event "90 Minutes/Game + 30 Seconds/Move"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chiron 5.01 64bit [2T]"]
[Black "Wasp 5.20 [2T]"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "Dragon 2.6.1"]
[PlyCount "342"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s} 2. c4 {book 0s} e6 {book 0s} 3. Nf3 {book 0s} b6
{book 0s} 4. g3 {book 0s} Ba6 {book 0s} 5. b3 {book 0s} Bb4+ {book 0s} 6. Bd2 {
book 0s} Be7 {book 0s} 7. Bg2 {book 0s} d5 {book 0s} 8. cxd5 {book 0s} exd5 {
book 0s} 9. Nc3 {book 0s} O-O {book 0s} 10. O-O {book 0s} Re8 {book 0s} 11. Ne5
{book 0s. E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early
deviations.} Bb7 $1 {book 0s} 12. Rc1 {book 0s} Nbd7 {book 0s} 13. Nb5 {
book 0s. White has an edge.} c5 {0.23/28 257} 14. Bf4 {book 0s} Nf8 {0.00/28
247} 15. Bh3 {-0.63/29 book 0s} ({White should play} 15. Nc4 $1 $11 {0.26/30})
15... a6 $1 $15 {0.00/30 238} 16. Nxf7 {book 0s} Kxf7 {0.00/29 230} 17. Bc7 {
book 0s} axb5 {-0.25/27 221} 18. Bxd8 {book 0s} Rexd8 {-0.18/27 214} 19. Qd3 {
-1.23/29 book 0s (Rc2)} (19. a4 $142 {-0.77/30}) 19... Ra5 {-0.27/26 207} 20.
Qd2 {-0.26/31 [#] 494 (Rfd1)} b4 $146 {-0.27/26 200} ({Predecessor:} 20... Ra3
21. Rc2 Kg8 22. f3 Ba6 23. Rd1 b4 24. g4 Bc8 25. Bf1 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxa2 27.
Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 (41) Muhl,P (2452)-Szymanski,R (2294) LSS email 2014}) 21. a4 {
-0.36/28 30 (Rc2)} bxa3 {0.00/36 221 (Ba6)} (21... Kg8 $17 {-0.80/28}) 22. dxc5
$11 {-0.29/31 230} Rxc5 {-0.57/28 0} 23. Rxc5 {-0.10/33 557} bxc5 {-0.49/31 178
} 24. Ra1 {-0.07/33 162 (Qa5)} c4 {-0.70/28 180} 25. bxc4 {0.00/33 16} dxc4 {
-0.42/27 167} 26. Qc2 {0.00/36 61 (Qa5)} Bd5 {-0.36/27 220. The bishop pair is
nice} 27. Rd1 {0.00/37 6} Kg8 {-0.74/28 154 (Ne6)} 28. e4 $1 {0.32/41 [#] 641.
Deflection} Bxe4 {0.00/35 0} 29. Qxc4+ {0.52/38 323} Kh8 $1 {0.00/36 0} 30.
Rxd8 {0.42/39 179} Bxd8 {0.00/35 0} 31. Qf7 {0.52/41 192} Ng6 {0.00/35 0} 32.
Qa7 {0.52/40 184} Be7 {0.00/34 0} 33. Be6 {0.00/40 780} Bd6 {0.00/34 0 (Bf8)}
34. Qa6 {0.52/38 142 (Qd4)} Bb4 {0.00/32 217 (Bf8)} 35. Qc8+ {0.73/34 186 (Qb6)
} Nf8 {0.00/33 155} 36. Bf7 {0.65/35 2 (Ba2)} h5 {0.00/30 170 (Bg6)} 37. h3 {
1.06/33 150 (Qc4)} Kh7 {0.17/30 144 (Be7)} 38. f3 {1.17/33 239 (Qc4)} Bg6 {
1.18/36 140 (Bd3)} (38... Bb1 $11 {0.00/31}) 39. Ba2 $1 $16 {1.75/33 115
(Bxg6+)} N8d7 {1.01/28 438} 40. g4 {0.14/30 24} ({Better is} 40. Qc4 $16 {
1.03/33} Bf8 41. Qc3) 40... hxg4 $11 {1.10/29 127} 41. hxg4 {1.59/36 1} Ne5 {
1.09/29 112} 42. Kg2 {1.59/37 7} Bd2 {0.89/28 103} 43. Qb8 {1.53/37 22 (Qc5)}
Bf4 {0.86/29 108} 44. Qb4 {1.53/39 5} Nd3 {0.87/28 99} 45. Qxa3 {1.53/39 16}
Bg5 {0.82/27 86 (Kh6)} 46. Qc3 {1.54/38 122 (Qa5)} Nf4+ {0.77/29 100} 47. Kh1 {
1.53/41 11 (Kh2)} Bd3 {0.89/29 97} 48. Bf7 {1.53/43 14} Be2 {0.83/30 78} 49.
Qe3 {1.53/42 34} Nd7 $1 {0.89/30 57} 50. Bb3 {1.53/41 55 (Kh2)} Kh6 {0.79/29 91
} 51. Bc2 {1.53/41 20} Nf8 $1 {0.75/29 68} 52. Kh2 {1.52/41 43 (Be4)} N8g6 {
0.73/30 87} 53. Qc3 {1.52/41 24 (Be4)} Bf6 {0.73/30 85} 54. Qd2 {1.51/41 26 [#]
And now Bxg6 would win.} Bg5 {0.72/31 55} 55. Be4 {1.42/42 56} Bc4 {0.70/31 24}
56. Qd1 {1.42/39 86 (Qd6)} Bg8 {0.70/31 136 (Be6)} 57. Qd4 {1.42/40 108 (Qd6)}
Be6 {0.63/31 77 (Ba2)} 58. Qd6 {1.31/43 475} Be7 {0.62/36 0 (Kh7)} 59. Qd2 {
1.31/43 84 Hoping for Bxg6.} Bg5 {0.62/34 0} 60. Kh1 {1.31/46 80} Bg8 {0.64/32
0 (Bf7)} 61. Qd6 {1.31/40 79 (Qh2+). Black must now prevent Bxg6.} Be6 {
0.60/30 79} 62. Kg1 {1.32/42 0 (Kh2)} Bf7 {0.61/29 77} 63. Kf1 {1.32/39 0 (Qc7)
} Bc4+ {0.58/30 75} 64. Kf2 {1.31/41 3 (Ke1). Bxg6 is the strong threat.} Be6 {
0.57/29 73} 65. Ke1 {1.31/40 6 (Kg3)} Ng2+ {0.56/29 71 (Bh4+)} 66. Kf1 {
1.31/40 81} N2f4 {0.58/29 0} 67. Qc7 {1.31/38 404 (Qc5)} Bd5 {0.46/30 71} 68.
Bxd5 {1.17/42 0} Nxd5 {0.43/31 69} 69. Qd6 {0.77/43 220 (Qc6)} Ndf4 {0.32/32 67
} 70. Kf2 {0.76/44 0} Be7 {0.31/32 65 (Nh3+)} 71. Qd7 {0.65/42 145} Bc5+ {
0.29/33 0 (Bh4+)} 72. Kf1 {0.65/44 54 (Ke1)} Be7 {0.28/33 65} 73. Qb5 {0.54/43
5 (Ke1)} Bf6 {0.25/32 64} 74. Qf5 {0.31/44 110} Bg5 {0.21/35 0} 75. Qe4 {
0.18/47 154} Ne7 {0.19/35 0} 76. Qc4 {0.08/47 128} Ned5 {0.16/35 0 Threatens
to win with ...Ne3+.} 77. Kg1 {0.00/51 37} Bf6 {0.16/34 70 (Nc3)} 78. Kh2 {
0.02/45 49} Kg6 {0.15/34 14 (Kg5)} 79. Qc2+ {0.00/46 41 (Kg3)} Kh6 {0.14/35 65}
80. Qc8 {0.00/60 0 (Qe4)} Kg5 {0.14/35 64 (Nb4)} 81. Kh1 {0.00/53 47 (Qf5+)}
Kh4 {0.00/35 62 (Kh6)} 82. Qf5 {-0.62/42 36 (Kh2)} (82. Kh2 $11 {0.00/45})
82... g6 $15 {-0.31/30 61 (Kg3). Black has compensation.} 83. Qc8 {0.00/43 36
(Qd7)} Kg3 $1 {-0.38/32 60} 84. g5 $1 {-0.01/42 0} Be5 {-0.37/31 58 (Bc3)} 85.
Qg4+ {-0.11/40 37} Kf2 {-0.37/33 0} 86. Qg1+ {-0.11/42 36} Ke2 {-0.36/32 21}
87. Qg4 {-0.12/42 16} Nc3 {-0.40/31 42 (Ne3)} 88. Kg1 {-0.13/41 38 (Qg3)} Ke3 {
-0.40/31 58 (Bd4+)} 89. Kf1 $2 {-3.95/38 90} (89. Kh2 $17 {-0.76/39 is tougher.
}) 89... Nce2 $1 $19 {-0.41/30 0} 90. Ke1 {-0.59/36 33} Bg7 {-0.51/31 25 (Ng3)}
91. Kf1 {-0.13/41 33 (Kd1)} Bc3 {-0.51/32 58 (Bb2)} 92. Qd7 $2 {-3.94/38 33
(Qc8)} (92. Qh4 $17 {-0.77/42 nothing else works.}) 92... Kxf3 {-0.58/30 93.
aiming for ...Ng3+.} 93. Qd3+ {-0.85/40 0 (Qc6+)} Kg4 {-0.59/30 55} 94. Qf3+ $2
{-3.74/48 19 (Qd8)} (94. Qd7+ $17 {-0.85/37} Kg3 95. Qc6) 94... Kh4 $2 {
-0.77/41 54 (Kf5)} (94... Kxg5 $19 {-3.74/48} 95. Qb7 Bd4 96. Qe7+ Kg4 97. Qd7+
Kg3) 95. Qh1+ $17 {-0.54/33 36} Kg4 $1 {-0.54/29 33 (Kxg5)} ({Less strong is}
95... Kxg5 96. Kf2 $15) 96. Qf3+ $2 {-3.43/41 54} Kxg5 $19 {-0.58/30 0} 97. Qb7
{-1.21/39 34} Bd4 $1 {-0.56/27 18} 98. Qe7+ {-0.91/41 16} Kg4 {-0.55/30 37} 99.
Qd7+ {-1.11/40 0} Kg3 $2 {-3.57/27 53} (99... Kg5 $17 {-0.71/42} 100. Qe7+ Kg4
101. Qd7+ Kg3) 100. Qe7 {-1.29/38 23} Nc3 $1 {-0.57/28 29} 101. Qb4 $2 {
-3.43/39 23} (101. Qg5+ {-1.66/34 was the only chance.} Kf3 102. Qg2+ Ke3 103.
Qg3+ Ke4 104. Qh2) 101... Bf6 {-0.58/29 28} 102. Qc5 {-1.39/36 8 (Qb6)} g5 {
-0.59/28 53} 103. Qe3+ {-1.49/38 0 (Qg1+)} Kg4 {-0.59/29 69} 104. Qg1+ {
-1.49/39 27} Kf5 $1 {-0.60/27 23} 105. Qc5+ {-1.59/38 17} Kg6 {-0.60/28 32}
106. Qc8 {-1.60/41 8} Ncd5 $1 {-0.58/27 41} 107. Kf2 {-1.61/40 22} Bd4+ {
-0.61/28 27} 108. Kg3 {-1.61/42 14 (Kf3)} Nf6 {-0.63/26 50 (Nh5+)} 109. Qc2+ {
-1.71/45 44} Kh6 {-0.63/27 3} 110. Qc7 {-1.71/39 39 (Qf5)} Ng6 {-0.70/26 50 (
-> ...Be5+)} 111. Qc1 {-1.72/40 0 (Kg2)} Nh4 {-0.71/26 49 (Be5+)} 112. Qc7 {
-1.91/40 106 (Qc8)} Nf5+ {-0.74/26 48} 113. Kg2 {-2.01/44 0} Kg6 {-0.75/27 47}
114. Kh1 {-2.01/44 0 (Qc2)} g4 {-0.81/27 47} 115. Qf4 {-2.02/44 0} Be3 {
-0.81/28 45} 116. Qb8 {-2.12/44 0 (Qb4)} Kg5 {-0.86/26 45} 117. Kg2 $2 {
-5.78/35 0} (117. Qd8 {-2.96/34}) 117... Bd4 {-0.92/26 44} 118. Qd8 {-2.12/43
4 (Kh2)} Ne3+ {-0.92/27 44 (Kg6)} 119. Kf2 {-2.13/39 50 (Kg1)} Ned5+ {-0.97/26
43} 120. Ke2 {-2.23/40 6 (Kg2)} Kh4 {-1.63/25 43 (Nf4+)} 121. Kf1 {-2.89/34 100
} Kg3 {-2.48/29 0} 122. Qa5 {-3.50/42 63} Bf2 {-2.99/28 0} 123. Qa8 {-12.07/41
124} Ne3+ {-3.49/28 0} 124. Ke2 {-7.93/38 0} Nfd5 {-3.49/27 46} 125. Kd2 {
-49.07/38 53} Kf3 {-3.56/25 0} 126. Qh8 {-15.01/36 44} Ng2 {-13.12/25 18 (g3)}
127. Qh1 {-201.59/35 91} Be1+ {-13.86/26 0 (Be3+)} 128. Kd3 {-230.26/34 70
(Kc1)} Ndf4+ {-15.59/24 49} 129. Kc4 {-138.21/29 7} Kf2 {-250.00/25 40} (129...
g3 $142 {-22.58/25} 130. Qf1+ Ke3) 130. Qh8 {-250.00/31 23s (Kb5)} g3 {-8.25/
24 75} (130... Ne2 $142 {-27.77/24} 131. Kd3 Ngf4+ 132. Ke4 g3) 131. Qb2+ {
-#306/28 0} Ne2 {-97.69/24 43} 132. Qb6+ {-250.00/27 31} Kf1 {-97.73/26 12}
133. Qh6 {-250.00/29 63. Black mates.} Ngf4 {-97.73/25 0} 134. Qh1+ {-250.00/
30 49} Kf2 {-97.77/24 0} 135. Qh4 {-250.00/30 57} Bc3 {-97.79/23 0} 136. Kb3 {
-250.00/29 48 (Kb5)} Kf3 {-97.85/23 49 (Ng6)} 137. Qh7 {-250.00/28 42 (Kc4)} g2
{-97.87/21 48} 138. Qb1 {-#46/27 0 (Qb7+)} Bf6 {-97.91/21 48 (Be5)} ({Inferior
is} 138... g1=R 139. Qxg1 Nxg1 140. Kxc3 $11) 139. Qe1 {-#16/29 29 (Kc4)} g1=Q
{-97.93/19 47} 140. Qxg1 {-#15/31 0 (Qa5)} Nxg1 {-98.00/22 46} 141. Kb4 {
-#14/30 0} Ke4 {-98.00/22 45 (Be5)} 142. Kc5 {-#13/29 41} Nf3 {-98.00/22 3
(Be5)} 143. Kd6 {-#11/29 38} Nd4 {-#13/22 7} 144. Kd7 {-#10/29 29} Ke5 {
-#10/19 2 (Kd5)} 145. Kc7 {-#9/31 37} Nd5+ {-#9/17 0} 146. Kd7 {-#8/33 34} Nc6
{-98.00/99 0 (Bg5)} 147. Kxc6 {-#54/30 48} Bg5 {-98.00/26 51 (Ne3)} 148. Kd7 {
-#39/33 52 (Kc5)} Be3 {-98.00/ 30 66} 149. Kc6 {-#28/36 0} Ke6 {-98.00/31 48}
150. Kb7 {-#24/37 0} Kd6 {-98.00/33 47} 151. Kb8 {-#22/38 0} Kc6 {-98.00/33 46
(Nc7)} 152. Ka8 {-#20/38 44} Bg1 {-98.00/99 0 (Bd4)} 153. Kb8 {-#19/4 0} Nc7 {
-98.00/99 0} 154. Kc8 {-#18/30 0} Ba7 {-98.00/99 0} 155. Kd8 {-#17/35 0} Nd5 {
-98.00/99 0} 156. Ke8 {-#16/36 59} Kd6 {-98.00/99 0} 157. Kf7 {-#15/37 53} Ne7
{-98.00/99 0} 158. Kg7 {-#14/38 48} Be3 {-98.00/99 0} 159. Kf6 {-#13/38 44} Bc1
{-98.00/99 0 (Bh6)} 160. Kf7 {-#12/37 42} Bg5 {-98.00/99 0} 161. Ke8 {-#11/36
38} Nd5 {-98.00/99 0} 162. Kf8 {-#10/37 37} Ke6 {-98.00/99 0} 163. Kg7 {
-#9/38 36} Bh4 {-98.00/99 0 (Nf4)} 164. Kg6 {-#8/40 35} Nf4+ {-98.00/99 0} 165.
Kg7 {-#7/50 33} Be7 {-98.00/99 0} 166. Kh7 {-#6/62 32} Kf7 {-98.00/99 0} 167.
Kh6 {-#5/70 32} Bh4 {-98.00/99 0 (Bf6)} 168. Kh7 {-#4/4 0} Bg5 {-98.00/99 0}
169. Kh8 {-#3/91 0} Ne6 {-98.00/99 0 (Ng6+)} 170. Kh7 {-#2/4 0} Nf8+ {-98.00/
99 0} 171. Kh8 {-#1/128 0} Bf6# {-98.00/99 0 0-. Weighted Error Value:
White=0.09/Black=0.07} 0-1
[/pgn]

Game analysis by Dragon 2.6.1

PS: I think Wasp just gave a Master Class on over working a Queen.