Cheese 3.1.0 released

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Patrice Duhamel
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Cheese 3.1.0 released

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Cheese 3.1.0 is available here :
http://cheesechess.free.fr/en/download.html

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- evaluation tuned with Texel's tuning method
- modify evaluation function for better tuning
- fix a data race in YBWC
- change move ordering at root
- add an UCI option to choose ELO strength reduction method
- add endgame material variables in personality
- continue to simplify and modernize code
- add new unit tests
- use continuous integration on Gitlab
Games and positions used for tuning are available on the download page. (they will be uploaded in few hours)

Cheese and tuner source code is available here :
https://gitlab.com/cheesechess/cheese
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Re: Cheese 3.1.0 released

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Thank you Patrice.
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Re: Cheese 3.1.0 released

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Thanks for the new version!
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Re: Cheese 3.1.0 released

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Patrice Duhamel wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:58 am Cheese 3.1.0 is available here :
http://cheesechess.free.fr/en/download.html

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- evaluation tuned with Texel's tuning method
- modify evaluation function for better tuning
- fix a data race in YBWC
- change move ordering at root
- add an UCI option to choose ELO strength reduction method
- add endgame material variables in personality
- continue to simplify and modernize code
- add new unit tests
- use continuous integration on Gitlab
Games and positions used for tuning are available on the download page. (they will be uploaded in few hours)

Cheese and tuner source code is available here :
https://gitlab.com/cheesechess/cheese
CEGT 40/4: https://cegt.forumieren.com/t1834-testing-cheese-3-1-0
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Re: Cheese 3.1.0 released

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Re: Cheese 3.1.0 released

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Re: Cheese 3.1.0 released

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Thanks Wolfgang and Bastiball for testing :)

Someone reported a problem in version 3.1.0, I released version 3.1.1, fixing a draw detection bug in some endgames :

http://cheesechess.free.fr/en/download.html
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Re: Cheese 3.1.0 released

Post by Roland Chastain »

Thank you Patrice!

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Cheese 3.1.1 by Patrice Duhamel
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option name UsePersonality type check default false
option name PersonalityFile type string default personality/default.txt
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option name UCI_LimitStrength type check default false
option name UCI_Elo type spin default 3200 min 1000 max 3200
option name LimitStrengthMode type combo default speed var speed var nodes
Sounds very interesting. I can't wait to try it!

Regard.

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Re: Cheese 3.1.0 released

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Thanks and love your website design too :)
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Re: Cheese 3.1.0 released

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Patrice Duhamel wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:33 pm Someone reported a problem in version 3.1.0, I released version 3.1.1, fixing a draw detection bug in some endgames :
http://cheesechess.free.fr/en/download.html
Hi, Patrice!
Does it make sense to replace 3.1.0 with 3.1.1 in my ongoing tournament?
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