Wasp 3.60 available (for DGT Pi too, for chess computer lovers)

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi there,

John Stanback released Wasp 3.60.

A lot of information, chess computer lovers will like!
John made me very happy with the work he do here.

Please read the release text on Wasp news site.
A text by John and by myself is available.

Frank's Chess Page
http://www.amateurschach.de

A big thanks to Rasmus Althoff (CT800 programmer) and to Michael Völschow (Admin from schachcomputer.info).

Have a nice start in the week.

Best
Frank

[AdminX]

Thank you both Frank and John!

[Graham Banks]

Thank you both Frank and John!

Ditto!

[AdminX]

Hi Frank,

Do you have some sample games that you can share from your test?

Code: Select all

The possible DGT Pi levels for Wasp 3.60:

Elo 1500
Elo 1556
Elo 1612
Elo 1668 = Fidelity Excel 6093 with 3Mhz, or Fidelity Excellence with 3Mhz (John sparring partner in testing Wasp)
Elo 1724
Elo 1780
Elo 1836
Elo 1892 = Fidelity Designer 2265 (Mach III) ... my sparing partner for testing
Elo 1948 = Fidelity Designer 2325 (Mach IV) ... my sparing partner for testing
Elo 2004
Elo 2060
Elo 2116 = Mephisto Atlanta (after tuning with 40Mhz)
Elo 2172 = Millennium Chess Genius Pro with 120Mhz
Elo 2228
Elo 2284
Elo 2340
Elo 2396
Elo 2452
Elo 2508
Elo 2564
Elo 2620
Elo 2624 = max. playing strength for Wasp 3.60 on 1.200Mhz DGT Pi processor!

[Scally]

Hi Frank,

I’ve had Wasp 3.50 & CT800 1.34 on my DGT Pi for a while, so thanks for the heads up on Wasp 3.60.
You might be surprised with CT800, on my Raspberry Pi 3b+ I have Wasp at 2845 and CT800 at 2190.

Here’s my Wasp bench:

Al@PicoChess:~ $ ./wasp360 -bench
Wasp 3.60 running benchmark using 1 threads
pos 0: 28.66 seconds
pos 1: 20.55 seconds
pos 2: 23.67 seconds
pos 3: 14.75 seconds
pos 4: 9.74 seconds
pos 5: 21.29 seconds
pos 6: 39.70 seconds
pos 7: 9.01 seconds
pos 8: 11.99 seconds
pos 9: 14.75 seconds
total time= 194.11 seconds, nodes= 36064868, nps= 185795
Al@PicoChess:~ $

Good luck with your tournament, I shall be following it with great interest.

Al.

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi Ted,

I added 8 games (30 seconds per move) for you.
Wasp with around 200 nodes per second!

Thanks for your interest.

Best
Frank



[Event "Test"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wasp 3.60"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer 2265"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 O-O 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. c4 Na6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15.
b4 e4 16. Nd4 Bd8 17. a3 Bb6 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Be2 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Nc7 21. Be3 Na6
22. h3 Re7 23. Kh1 Re5 24. Bf4 Re7 25. Qd2 Ree8 26. Rcd1 Nc7 27. Rc1 Na6 28.
Red1 Red8 29. Rc3 Kh8 30. Bxh6 gxh6 31. Qxh6+ Nh7 32. Bg4 Qe7 33. Bf5 f6 34.
Ne6 Rg8 35. Bxh7 Qxh7 36. Qxf6+ Rg7 37. Rg3 Rcc7 38. Nxg7 Rxg7 39. Re1 e3 40.
fxe3 Nb8 41. Qxd6 Bc7 42. Qf8+ Qg8 43. Qxg8+ Rxg8 44. Rxg8+ Kxg8 45. c5 Be5 46.
g4 Bb2 47. a4 Bc3 48. Rb1 Nd7 49. c6 bxc6 50. dxc6 Nb6 51. c7 Kf7 52. h4 Ke6
53. Rc1 Bxb4 54. c8=Q+ Nxc8 55. Rxc8 a5 56. h5 Kf6 57. Rc6+ Kf7 58. h6 Bd2 59.
g5 Kf8 60. g6 Ke7 61. g7 Kd7 62. h7 Kxc6 63. h8=Q Bb4 64. g8=Q Bf8 65. Qc4+ Kd7
66. Qh3+ Ke7 67. Qhe6+ 1-0

[Event "Test"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fidelity Designer 2265"]
[Black "Wasp 3.60"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nb4 12. O-O Qxc2 13. Qe3 Rg8 14. Rf2 e5
15. Rc1 Qxc1+ 16. Nxc1 b5 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Nxb5 Rc8 19. Na7 Rc2 20. Qxb4 Rxc1+
21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bd7 23. Qb8+ Ke7 24. Qc7 Ke8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc6+ Ke7
27. Qc7+ Ke8 28. Bxa6 Be7 29. Qc8+ Bd8 30. Bb5+ Ke7 31. Qd7+ Kf8 32. Qxd8+ Kg7
33. Qxd6 Rc8 34. fxe5 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Be2 fxe5 37. Qxe5+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7
39. a4 Ra2 40. e5 Rd2 41. Qf6+ Ke8 42. Ke3 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 h5 44. a5 Kd7 45.
Qxf7+ Kc6 46. e6 Kb5 47. Qxh5+ Kc6 48. e7 Kd6 49. e8=Q Kc7 50. Qc5+ Kb7 51.
Qb6# 1-0

[Event "Test"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wasp 3.60"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer 2265"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 Nxd5 7. exd5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 Bb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 c6 12. Bc4 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qb6 14. Qe2 d6
15. a4 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. a5 Qa6 18. e4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb5 20. c4 Qb4 21. Qf2
f5 22. Ra3 e4 23. Qd4 Rac8 24. Rf4 a6 25. h3 g6 26. Rc3 Qxb2 27. dxe4 fxe4 28.
Rxe4 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa5 30. Re7 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Rb3 Qc7 33. Qb2 Rb8 34.
Qd4 Kg8 35. Rf3 Re8 36. Qf6 b6 37. h4 Qe7 38. g4 a5 39. Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kh3 Qe5
41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. g5 Qe7 43. Qxe7 Rxe7 44. Rb3 Rb7 45. Kg3 Kg8 46. Kf3 Kf7 47.
Ke4 a4 48. Rf3+ Ke8 49. Ra3 Ra7 50. Kd3 Kd7 51. Kc3 Kc8 52. Kb4 Re7 53. Kxa4
Re4 54. Kb5 Rxh4 55. Ra7 h5 56. gxh6 Rxh6 57. Kc6 Kb8 58. Rb7+ Kc8 59. Re7 Kb8
60. Kxb6 Rh8 61. Re6 g5 62. Rxd6 Rg8 63. c5 g4 64. Re6 g3 65. Re1 g2 66. Rg1
Kc8 67. c6 Rg6 68. d6 Rxd6 69. Rxg2 Kd8 70. Kb7 Ke8 71. c7 Rd7 72. Kc6 Rxc7+
73. Kxc7 Kf7 74. Kd6 Kf6 75. Rf2+ Kg5 76. Ke5 Kg4 77. Rf5 Kg3 78. Rf4 Kh3 79.
Kf5 Kg3 80. Kg5 Kh2 81. Kg4 Kg2 82. Rf5 Kh2 83. Kf3 Kg1 84. Rh5 Kf1 85. Rh1#
1-0

[Event "Test"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fidelity Designer 2265"]
[Black "Wasp 3.60"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A74"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Qb3 Ne5 13. a5 h6 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg4
Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxg4 17. Nc4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Be2 19. Rf2 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nf6 21. e5
Ng4 22. Re2 Qh4 23. g3 Qh3 24. Ba3 Rfe8 25. exd6 Re3 26. d7 Rxg3 27. Re8+ Kh7
28. Qa2 Nxh2 29. Qxh2 Qxd7 30. Qxg3 Qxd5+ 31. Qg2 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Rxe8 33. Qxb7
Re3 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Ra2 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd7 38. Qh4 Rxc3 39. f5
Qxf5 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ Kg8 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Qb7+ Kf6 45. Bb2
Qe5+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2
Qe2+ 52. Qg2 Qe5+ 53. Kg1 Qd4+ 54. Qf2+ Kg7 55. Qxd4+ cxd4 56. Bxc3 dxc3 57.
Rc2 g5 58. Rxc3 h5 59. Rc6 h4 60. Rxa6 g4 61. Rb6 h3 62. a6 g3 63. a7 g2 64.
a8=Q h2+ 65. Kxh2 g1=Q+ 66. Kxg1 Kf7 67. Qa7+ Ke8 68. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "Test"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fidelity Designer 2325"]
[Black "Wasp 3.60"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 e5 13. e4 exd4 14. Rxd4 Ne5
15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Qb3+ Nd5 18. Rxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Qd4 20. Nxb4+
Qc4 21. Qxc4+ Nxc4 22. f3 Rac8 23. Nd5 Rfe8 24. b4 b6 25. Bf4 Ne5 26. Rc1 Nd3
27. Rc7+ Rxc7 28. Bxc7 Rc8 29. b5 Ke6 30. Kh2 Nc5 31. a5 bxa5 32. Bxa5 Na4 33.
g4 Rc5 34. Bb4 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 g5 36. h4 h6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Be7 Nc3 39. Ne3 Rb2
40. Bxg5 Ne2+ 41. Kh4 Rb1 42. Kh5 Rxb5 43. Nd5 Rb3 44. Be3 a5 45. g5 a4 46. g6
a3 47. g7 Kf7 48. Kh6 a2 49. e5 Rb8 50. e6+ Kxe6 51. Ba7 a1=Q 52. Bxb8 Kf7 53.
Kh5 Qxg7 54. Bc7 Qg6+ 55. Kh4 Qh6+ 56. Kg4 Qe6+ 57. Kh4 Qxd5 58. Kh3 Qd7+ 59.
Kg2 Qxc7 60. Kf2 Nd4 61. Ke3 Qe5+ 62. Kd3 Qf4 63. Kc4 Nf5+ 64. Kb5 Qc7 65. Kb4
Kf6 66. Ka4 Qc4+ 67. Ka5 Nd4 68. Kb6 Qc6+ 69. Ka7 Nb5+ 70. Kb8 Qb6+ 71. Kc8
Qc7# 0-1

[Event "Test"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wasp 3.60"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer 2325"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. e5 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 bxa3+ 14. Bd2 Qa4 15.
O-O f5 16. Qb1 Rb8 17. Qa2 Qb3 18. Qxb3 Rxb3 19. bxa3 Kh8 20. Bc4 Rb7 21. Rfc1
Nb6 22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Bd7 25. Ne1 g5 26. Nd3 Be8 27. Nc5 Re7
28. Rc3 Rg8 29. Rca3 Rgg7 30. f3 h5 31. Kf2 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. h4 gxh3 34.
Rxh3+ Kg8 35. Rah1 Kf8 36. g3 Rg8 37. R3h2 Bg6 38. Ke3 Bf7 39. Rh8 Rxh8 40.
Rxh8+ Bg8 41. Kf4 Re8 42. g4 Kg7 43. Rh4 Rf8 44. gxf5 Rxf5+ 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. Rh1
Rf8 47. Rg1+ Kh6 48. Kd2 Re8 49. Kc3 Bf7 50. Rh1+ Kg7 51. Ra1 Re7 52. Ra6 Rc7
53. Kc4 Kg6 54. Ra2 Re7 55. Rg2+ Kh6 56. Rf2 Kg7 57. Rf6 Kg8 58. Ne4 Bh5 59.
Kc5 Bd1 60. Kd6 Re8 61. Rxe6 Rxe6+ 62. Kxe6 Kg7 63. Kd7 Bg4+ 64. e6 Bf5 65. Nc5
Kf6 66. Kd6 a6 67. Nd7+ Kg7 68. e7 Bg6 69. Kxc6 Be8 70. Kc7 Bf7 71. Kd8 Kh6 72.
Ne5 Bh5 73. d5 Kg5 74. d6 a5 75. d7 axb4 76. Kc7 Kf6 77. e8=Q Bxe8 78. dxe8=Q
Kf5 79. Nd3 b3 80. Qe5+ Kg4 81. Qf4+ Kh3 82. Nb2 Kg2 83. Kb6 Kh3 84. Kb5 Kg2
1-0

[Event "Test"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fidelity Designer 2325"]
[Black "Wasp 3.60"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. b3 Ne4 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Be2 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. Be5
Nxc3 16. Rxc3 g4 17. Ne1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Bc4+ Kg7 20. Rd3 Be4 21. Rd2 Bg5
22. e6 Qe8 23. Qe2 Rb8 24. a4 Rd8 25. Nd3 dxe3 26. fxe3 Qh5 27. e7 Bxe7 28. Nf4
Qh4 29. Ne6+ Kh6 30. Nxf8 Bxf8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. Rd7 Be7 34. Rxa7
Qe5 35. Qe1 Kg6 36. a5 bxa5 37. Qxa5 Bd6 38. g3 Qb2 39. Bf1 Qxb3 40. Qd2 Bb8
41. Rd7 Be5 42. Qc1 Bc3 43. Ra7 Qb4 44. Ra3 Bd2 45. Qa1 c4 46. Ra6+ Kh5 47. Qd4
c3 48. Rh6+ Kxh6 49. Qf6+ Kh5 50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Qf6+ Kh5 52. Qf7+ Kh6 53. Qf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Test"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wasp 3.60"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer 2265"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Bf6 16. Qf3 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Re5 19. Bf4 Ree8 20. Bd2 Be5
21. Kh1 c5 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Qe2 Rec8 24. f4 Bf6 25. Kh2 d5 26. Bb4 Bh4 27. g3
Bf6 28. Kg2 g6 29. Qd2 Qf5 30. g4 Qd7 31. Qf2 Bd8 32. a4 bxa4 33. Ba3 Bf6 34.
Re2 Re6 35. Rce1 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Re8 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. Bc5 Qe3 39. Bd6 Qe6 40.
Bc5 Qc6 41. Bb4 Qb7 42. Qe1 Qc8 43. Qd2 Bd8 44. Qf2 a5 45. Bd6 f6 46. f5 Qc6
47. Bg3 Bc7 48. Bxc7 Qxc7 49. Qxd4 Qxc2+ 50. Kf3 Qc6 51. h4 gxf5 52. gxf5 h5
53. Qe3 Qd7 54. Qe6+ Qxe6 55. fxe6 Kf8 56. Kf4 Ke7 57. Kf5 d4 58. Kg6 Kxe6 59.
Kxh5 Kf5 60. Kh6 Kg4 61. h5 f5 62. Kg6 f4 63. h6 f3 64. h7 f2 65. h8=Q f1=Q 66.
Qxd4+ Qf4 67. Qd5 Qb4 68. Qf5+ Kg3 69. Qe5+ Kf3 70. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi Allan,

that's interesting.
The Raspberry by John is also a bit faster as my DGT Pi.

Honestly, more as 2.600 Elo on DGT I never used.
But self playing and games vs. the older chess computers is very interesting for me.

To added Wasp / CT800 in the chess computer I will start next week is also an event.
Will be a great tourney!!

Best
Frank

[Sergio Martinez]

Thanks to both. It's always a pleasure for me to test Wasp

[AdminX]

Thank Frank,

Nice Games. I enjoyed them.

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi Ted,

at the moment I have really a lot of fun to compare Wasp with the older chess computers.
The chess computer community have an opponent more with that idea.

CT800 program by Rasmus is also great program for such an idea.

Programming knowledge from the past vs. Programming knowledge from a modern engine today
And all this with the same level in Elo!

If you are looking in detail in the games I added ...
Two different worlds of chess plays these games!

With the result:
Fidelity Mach III or Mach IV must have / search the advantage in the mid-game because in the end-game no chance. Wasp or the older chess computers with around the same Elo = Mid-game vs. End-game. Interesting constellation! And double interesting because Wasp is playing a very strong mid-game.

So the produced games are wonderful.
Never before in the last 20 years I have so many fun with my hobby computer chess.

Best
Frank