SSDF time control is 40 moves/2 hours followed by 20 moves/each following hour. They generally use the engine's own book, if it has one, but I am not clear what they do for engines like Stockfish that have no official book.
--Jon
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- Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:39 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Any recent examples of strong programs losing with white at longer time controls?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 150
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:25 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Any recent examples of strong programs losing with white at longer time controls?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 150
Re: Any recent examples of strong programs losing with white at longer time controls?
There are quite a few examples from correspondence games and computer-computer play. Just one for example: [Event "SSDF-match"] [Site "Sundsvall"] [Date "2020.09.30"] [Round "35"] [White "Komodo 14 x64 1800X"] [Black "Stockfish 12 NNUE x64 1800X"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDa...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:47 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: One for Andrew Grant et al. - NNUE?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 944
Re: One for Andrew Grant et al. - NNUE?
I have never been in computer chess to win competitions or top rating lists. I accept that other people have that motivation but it is not what has kept me going all these years. People are still worried that someone will top them because they have some secret sauce, or some borrowed sauce. If you a...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:36 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: correspondence chess in the age of NNUE
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1161
Re: correspondence chess in the age of NNUE
The draw rate in top-level correspondence chess (world championship tournaments for example) is already in the 90% range I think.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:06 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: stockfish NNUE question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 143
stockfish NNUE question
What is the function of Features::Side::kFriend? This is defined as:
enum class Side {
kFriend // side to move
};
and it is used as template parameter. But isn't this just a constant, since Side has only one value defined? How is it the "side to move?"
--Jon
enum class Side {
kFriend // side to move
};
and it is used as template parameter. But isn't this just a constant, since Side has only one value defined? How is it the "side to move?"
--Jon
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:04 pm
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: Programming and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Evaluation reflections
- Replies: 11
- Views: 348
Re: Evaluation reflections
I would add that a good reliable testing regimen is essential. That means running actual games and enough of them to get a significant SPRT.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:03 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: It's NNUE era (sharing my thoughts)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1527
Re: It's NNUE era (sharing my thoughts)
It is pretty well established I think that both search and eval are important. Stockfish is strong because it is especially strong in both areas. But a good eval is very important.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:34 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Andscacs nnue 0.1
- Replies: 71
- Views: 3198
Re: Andscacs nnue 0.1
Do not get me wrong. It is a lot of work to write LC0. It is a lot of work to graft NNUE onto SF. It is a lot of work to run a million trials to make a net. It is just that there is no originality in it whatsoever. That is just how neural nets work. The net acts intelligently, but "how" it does it ...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:00 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Arasan20 testsuite VS 4 top solvers
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3314
Re: Arasan20 testsuite VS 4 top solvers
> One typo in line #3, one spurious space : "arasan 21.3" -> "arasan21.3"
Fixed.
Fixed.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 3:56 am
- Forum: Computer Chess Club: General Topics
- Topic: Are Free Antivirus any good for your Computer?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 534
Re: Are Free Antivirus any good for your Computer?
Windows Defender is bundled with Windows now. That is probably all you need.