Stockfish build May11th 2014 vs Houdini 4.0 1/1 WOW.

[jmartus]

WOW

1: Stockfish 51114 63.5/110
2: Houdini_4_Pro_x64A-v1x 46.5/110


1 Stockfish 51114 : 2827 44 43 110 57.7 % 2773 55.5 %
2 Houdini_4_Pro_x64A-v1x : 2773 43 44 110 42.3 % 2827 55.5%
54 Elo Difference
Houdini was set to contempt 0 in the match.
Both engines using 4 cores ponder off.
Level: Blitz 1/1
Hardware: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor 2892 MHz with 6.0 GB Memory
opening: 8moves_GM_LB.pgn
Just three months ago I would have said there even in a head to head matchup.

Will update with more games.

[Masta]

Last SF dev version is just a beast!

[jmartus]

1 Stockfish 51114 : 2823 200 (+ 57,=112,- 31), 56.5 %

Houdini_4_Pro_x64A-v1x 2777 : 200 (+ 57,=112,- 31), 56.5 %

46 elo after 200 games

[neelbasant]

13 may 14 build is more better...

Neel

[Leto]

I can confirm that I have been having similar results against Houdini 4 on bullet chess with the May 11 2014 Stockfish version.

There used to be a time when I thought Houdini will always be untouchable at bullet and blitz. Those times are over, the new speed king has arrived.