Looking for automatic Engine Testing Software

[OliverBr]

For Mac Users:

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brew install qt
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/qt/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

then new Terminal Window:

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git clone https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess.git
cd cutechess
qmake -spec macx-g++ -config static
make
cp projects/cli/cutechess-cli /usr/local/bin/

let them play:

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cutechess-cli -engine cmd=olithink557a -engine cmd=../olithink557 -each proto=xboard tc=40/60 -rounds 10 -concurrency 2

Many thanks and great respect for the creators of cutechess. Open source rules!

[hgm]

If you want to be able to watch the games, you could also use XBoard. (Available for Linux and Mac.)

[xr_a_y]

I don’t think you can have a private engine on that system. Which means basically you are forced into some kind if GPL licence which some people may not want to do

Not so. You can run your own private server. And in any case, you are not linking with OpenBench, or distributing your engine along with it, so its license provisions would not apply to your engine, IMO.

--Jon

I thought the idea was that engines were spread out over participating users PC and ran on those. A puts his engine on the system for testing and (unknown?) users XYZ have the engine on their system at home. Seems a pretty good way to get your engine “distributed”, willing or not. Or am I missing something.

You can host your own openbench server and client on your own set of machines. Nobody else will see your dev or fill your hardware, but you also won't be able to use others resources ...

For Minic I've build a docker image for this : https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... ter/Docker

[OliverBr]

If you want to be able to watch the games, you could also use XBoard. (Available for Linux and Mac.)

Thank you for this tip. I am using xboard, but it can't give me the numbers.
Cutechess works well. Today, I have ordered a 32core server

[OliverBr]

Hello again,

now I am looking for a nice pgn file with a lot of diversified openings. Do you have tips?

Thank you!

EDIT: I found already the Silver Suite, it's very very nice for tests of 100-200 matches. I have created something similar also with 50 openings, it was a lot of work.
How can I attach this here? I have just added this pgn file to my binaries of Version 5.5.8.

Is there something similar, but larger, suitable for 1000-2000 games?

[xr_a_y]

Hello again,

now I am looking for a nice pgn file with a lot of diversified openings. Do you have tips?

Thank you!

http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.p ... et#p808135

[brianr]

Thank you for this tip. I am using xboard, but it can't give me the numbers.

If you are serious about testing enough to order a 32 core box, suggest using Ordo in addition to other tools.
Sample command:
./ordo -Q -N 0 -D -a 0 -A "nameofengineusedforzeroElo" -W -n4 -s500 -U "0,1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,6" -p your.pgn

If you stop/restart cutechess-cli matches before normal completion, there are games with '*' results, which Ordo does not like.
For that, just use SCID. Import pgn, search headers to exclude '*' result games, then export pgn.

[brianr]

Here are some books I like:
book_3moves_zz4032.zip in the Leela Discord pinned in #test-discuss under zz4032 has breakdowns by SF evals sorted by cp ranges.
The 8moves_v3.pgn is from Fishtest, IIRC.

[xr_a_y]

Hello again,

now I am looking for a nice pgn file with a lot of diversified openings. Do you have tips?

Thank you!

http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.p ... et#p808135

Oops miss read the question and gave file for tuning ....

Here are some books
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... T_1000.pgn
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... T_1000.pgn
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... ves_GM.pgn
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... AH-150.pgn
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... itions.pgn
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... 397457.pgn
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... ert500.pgn
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... wdraws.pgn
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... wdraws.pgn
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... -Large.pgn
https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Mini ... edited.pgn

[AndrewGrant]

Cutechess-cli provides the functionality to run matches, with many options.

OpenBench uses cutechess-cli for that layer of functionality but adds a UI on top and coordination across multiple machines, among other features. There is some basic documentation for it on the Github page. See "Engine Compliance with Openbench" section for what requirements are placed on engines.

--Jon

I don’t think you can have a private engine on that system. Which means basically you are forced into some kind if GPL licence which some people may not want to do

Anyone is free to run a private instance of OpenBench. The only possible snag is that OpenBench pulls from Github. So you will need to copy paste some code for authenticating credentials and use a private repository. Alternatively, host your own git server as well.