SmarThink v1.97 is available

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SmarThink v1.97 is available

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SmarThink v1.97 — December 2016 release of the engine. Major changes:

— more agressive use of SEE for move ordering (even for non-captures);
— move generator changed to use magic bitboards;
— several search reduction improvements;
— adaptive aspiration window (based on depth and score);
— new TT entry priority scheme based on best move index;
— several optimizations;
— further eval tuning.

Estimated ELO gain: +30-50

http://genes1s.net/smarthink.php

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Sergei S. Markoff wrote:SmarThink v1.97 — December 2016 release of the engine. Major changes:

— more agressive use of SEE for move ordering (even for non-captures);
— move generator changed to use magic bitboards;
— several search reduction improvements;
— adaptive aspiration window (based on depth and score);
— new TT entry priority scheme based on best move index;
— several optimizations;
— further eval tuning.

Estimated ELO gain: +30-50

http://genes1s.net/smarthink.php

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very nice - thanks
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Thanks Sergei. :)
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Thank you very much, Sergei!
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There are 5 versions in the ZIP file. The x32/x64 bit is obvious but what is the difference between the SmarThink_v197_x64.exe & SmarThink_v197_x64_standalone.exe?
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reflectionofpower wrote:There are 5 versions in the ZIP file. The x32/x64 bit is obvious but what is the difference between the SmarThink_v197_x64.exe & SmarThink_v197_x64_standalone.exe?
_standalone means no /Qparallel option, so it's 3% slower but don't need Intel redistributable DLL's package installed.
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Sergei S. Markoff wrote:
reflectionofpower wrote:There are 5 versions in the ZIP file. The x32/x64 bit is obvious but what is the difference between the SmarThink_v197_x64.exe & SmarThink_v197_x64_standalone.exe?
_standalone means no /Qparallel option, so it's 3% slower but don't need Intel redistributable DLL's package installed.
thanks for the reply. Hmm, Avast is telling me your EXE contain viruses? Anyone else getting this. I am using Avast 12.3.2280
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reflectionofpower wrote:Hmm, Avast is telling me your EXE contain viruses? Anyone else getting this. I am using Avast 12.3.2280
Probably it don't likes packed executables. Use VirusTotal.com

https://www.virustotal.com/ru/file/362e ... 482406880/
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Sergei S. Markoff wrote:
reflectionofpower wrote:Hmm, Avast is telling me your EXE contain viruses? Anyone else getting this. I am using Avast 12.3.2280
Probably it don't likes packed executables. Use VirusTotal.com

https://www.virustotal.com/ru/file/362e ... 482406880/
I figured it was something like that. Ok, thanks
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