Key Performance HighlightsTournament Settings & Environment
• Tournament Type: Gauntlet (60 games per opponent, 2400 total games)
• Time Control: 9s + 0.1s (Ultra-Bullet / 5% of Standard 3m+2s Blitz)
• Hardware: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (Single Thread testing)
• Resources: 16 MB Hash, 5-man Syzygy Tablebases, Arena Chess GUI
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Total Games: 2400
Wins: 799
Draws: 1428
Losses: 173
Overall Score:63.0%
PlentyChess 8.0.0 vs PlentyChess 7.0.37 Head-to-Head Breakdown
While PlentyChess 8.0.0 lost a tiny bit of ground overall compared to version 7.0.37 (-1.00% total score difference due to a high draw rate against specific engines), it showed massive evolutionary leaps against top-tier opponents:
• The Stockfish Breakthrough: Version 8.0.0 showed immense progress against the strongest engines. It scored +9.0% better against Stockfish 18, +3.7% better against Stockfish 17, and +3.8% better against Alexandria 9.0.0 compared to version 7.0.37.
• Biggest Improvements: The most notable performance jumps were against Velvet 8.1.0 (+4.7%), Horsie 1.1 (+4.3%), and Tarnished 5.0 (+4.0%).
• Regression / Tough Matchups: Version 8.0.0 struggled significantly compared to v7.0.37 against RubiChess 20240112 (-12.8%), Viridithas 19.0.1 (-9.0%), and Obsidian 14.0 (-8.8%), where it settled for more draws/losses than its predecessor.
Conclusion
PlentyChess 8.0.0 proves to be a highly efficient, stable, and lethal engine in ultra-fast time controls. The optimization for single-thread micro-blitz environments clearly shines through, especially in its ability to squeeze better net results against the absolute top of the field like Stockfish 18.
