New engine releases & news H2 2023

[Vast]

Clarity V3.0.0
+NNUE, +581 at 10"+0.1", +716.4 at 1'+0.6"
https://github.com/Vast342/Clarity/releases/tag/V3.0.0

[chessica]

2023-12-10 11:20:20,042-->1:quit
2023-12-10 11:20:20,413*1*-------------------------Starte Motor 1 Clarity-v1--------------------------
2023-12-10 11:20:20,413*1*Configured Engine 1 Type: Auto
2023-12-10 11:20:20,413*1*Engine 1 dir: C:\Program Files\arena_3.5.1\Engines\Clarity-v1
2023-12-10 11:20:20,413*1*Engine 1 commandline: "C:\Program Files\arena_3.5.1\Engines\Clarity-v1\Clarity-v1.exe"
2023-12-10 11:20:20,528*1*Child Process Prio Adj: PID 5052 conhost.exe
2023-12-10 11:20:20,528*1*Engine 1 ProcessID: 7016
2023-12-10 11:20:20,528*1*Engine 1 Prio:32 ThreadPrio:0
2023-12-10 11:20:20,528-->1:xboard
2023-12-10 11:20:20,582-->1:uci
2023-12-10 11:20:20,914<--1:invalid or unsupported command
2023-12-10 11:20:20,914<--1:id name Clarity V3.0.0
2023-12-10 11:20:20,914<--1:id author Vast
2023-12-10 11:20:20,914<--1:option name Hash type spin default 256 min 1 max 2048
2023-12-10 11:20:20,914<--1:uciok
2023-12-10 11:20:20,930*1*Child Process Prio Adj: PID 5052 conhost.exe
2023-12-10 11:20:20,930-->1:isready
2023-12-10 11:20:20,999<--1:readyok
2023-12-10 11:20:26,185**Dauer Start Motoren für Analyse:0 ms
2023-12-10 11:20:26,185-->1:isready
2023-12-10 11:20:26,185<--1:readyok
2023-12-10 11:20:26,201-->1:ucinewgame
2023-12-10 11:20:26,201-->1:isready
2023-12-10 11:20:26,301-->1:position fen 5k2/pp3N2/5K2/5B2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
2023-12-10 11:20:26,301-->1:go infinite
2023-12-10 11:20:26,301**Dauer Start Analyse:125
2023-12-10 11:20:26,317<--1:readyok
2023-12-10 11:20:26,317<--1:info depth 1 seldepth 1 nodes 21 time 0 nps 21000 score cp 337 pv f7d8
2023-12-10 11:20:26,332<--1:info depth 2 seldepth 3 nodes 49 time 0 nps 49000 score cp 353 pv f7d8
2023-12-10 11:20:26,332<--1:info depth 3 seldepth 5 nodes 111 time 0 nps 111000 score cp 329 pv f7d8
2023-12-10 11:20:26,348<--1:info depth 4 seldepth 5 nodes 376 time 0 nps 376000 score cp 338 pv f7e5
2023-12-10 11:20:26,363<--1:info depth 5 seldepth 7 nodes 751 time 1 nps 751000 score cp 357 pv f7d6
2023-12-10 11:20:26,363<--1:bestmove f7d6


And here, the engine stops.

[Ciekce]

2023-12-10 11:20:26,301-->1:go infinite

clarity does not support "go infinite"

[JoAnnP38]

Pedantic 0.6.0
https://github.com/JoAnnP38/Pedantic/re ... ag/v.0.6.0

Starting with v0.5.0 Pedantic can be tested in 4CPU or 8CPU configurations.

[Gabor Szots]

JoAnn, I am a bit confused about how I am to use various files of the package. E.g. I can see that Pedantic.Tablebase DLL and PDB are different from what was shipped with 5.0.0. If I overwrite the current ones (in the same directory) will it not affect version 5.0.0 strengthwise? Shall I put different versions in different directories to avoid conflicts?

[JoAnnP38]

JoAnn, I am a bit confused about how I am to use various files of the package. E.g. I can see that Pedantic.Tablebase DLL and PDB are different from what was shipped with 5.0.0. If I overwrite the current ones (in the same directory) will it not affect version 5.0.0 strengthwise? Shall I put different versions in different directories to avoid conflicts?

If you want to preserve the previous version(s) of Pedantic you need to keep them in their own folder and do not overwrite them. Put the latest release into its own folder (ex. Pedantic_0.6.0). If you don't care about the previous versions of Pedantic, feel free to overwrite it, but I suspect testers will want to keep all versions (or at least more than one.)

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi there,

Clover 6.1 by Luca-Mihnea Metehau (Rom)
https://github.com/lucametehau/CloverEngine

Best
Frank

[eduherminio]

Lynx 1.1.0
+69.2 (+/- 6.9) vs 1.0.1
Estimated 2533 CCRL blitz

[Witek]

Caissa 1.15 has been released!
https://github.com/Witek902/Caissa/releases/tag/1.15

[chrjly]

Knightx v3.9 released
Fixed a limitation in the loading of a FEN position. The engine couldn't always set a position containing doubled pawns
Doesn't stop the search when a mate has been found
New search function at the root position
Tree searching parameters adjustment
Positional evaluation parameters adjusted with the Texel's tuning method
Estimated Elo gain is +30

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