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Sergei S. Markoff
Posts: 227Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:27 pmLocation: Moscow, Russia
Post by Sergei S. Markoff Mon Mar 28, 2016 6:21 pm
SmarThink v1.90 — March 2016 release of the engine. Major changes:
— additional endgame patterns recognition;
— improved beta pruning for depth = 1 nodes;
— fixed bug in "semi-interior node" recognition;
— better check evasions ordering;
— several optimizations including combined middlegame/endgame int eval vector;
— further eval tuning;
— development patterns handling.
Estimated ELO gain: +30-40.
http://genes1s.net/smarthink.php
The Force Be With You!
Damir
Posts: 2801Joined: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:53 pmLocation: DenmarkFull name: Damir Desevac
Post by Damir Mon Mar 28, 2016 6:31 pm
Thanks Sergei.
When are you going to implement SMP ?
Sergei S. Markoff
Posts: 227Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:27 pmLocation: Moscow, Russia
Post by Sergei S. Markoff Mon Mar 28, 2016 6:51 pm
Damir wrote: Thanks Sergei.
When are you going to implement SMP ?
It is the common and forever question)
At practice, current SmarThink data structures are ready for SMP, moreover in eval tuning mode it is SMP. But the final step — to implement something like YBW or Jamboree is still too stressing for me. I hope I will have enought courage to make it in 2.00
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overlord
Posts: 198Joined: Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:46 pmLocation: Trinec, Czech Republic
Post by overlord Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:33 pm
I can´t load an engine inside Fritz 13 and 14 GUI.
mar
Posts: 2554Joined: Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:00 pmLocation: Czech RepublicFull name: Martin Sedlak
Post by mar Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:44 pm
Sergei S. Markoff wrote: But the final step — to implement something like YBW or Jamboree is still too stressing for me. I hope I will have enought courage to make it in 2.00
Just try lazy SMP, it works well (contrary to what people say), even SF people switched from YBW to lazy some time ago
Sergei S. Markoff
Posts: 227Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:27 pmLocation: Moscow, Russia
Post by Sergei S. Markoff Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:53 pm
overlord wrote: I can´t load an engine inside Fritz 13 and 14 GUI.
Are you ok with previous version?..
I have Fritz14 GUI and it works well with ST. Have you tried to simply run engine executable?
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Ralf Müller
Posts: 127Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:07 am
Post by Ralf Müller Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:08 pm
libiomp5md.dll is needed.
Graham Banks
Posts: 41419Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:52 amLocation: Auckland, NZ
Post by Graham Banks Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:55 pm
Sergei S. Markoff wrote: SmarThink v1.90 — March 2016 release of the engine. Major changes:
— additional endgame patterns recognition;
— improved beta pruning for depth = 1 nodes;
— fixed bug in "semi-interior node" recognition;
— better check evasions ordering;
— several optimizations including combined middlegame/endgame int eval vector;
— further eval tuning;
— development patterns handling.
Estimated ELO gain: +30-40.
http://genes1s.net/smarthink.php
Sounds like nice progress Sergei. Thanks for your efforts.
gbanksnz at gmail.com
Werewolf
Posts: 1795Joined: Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:24 pm
Post by Werewolf Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:56 pm
Ralf Müller wrote: libiomp5md.dll is needed.
I always get this problem with SmarThink - it never runs in Fritz.
Ralf Müller
Posts: 127Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:07 am
Post by Ralf Müller Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:11 pm
Strangely with Fritz-8-GUI, everything is fine for me. With Fritz-7-GUI not.
When are you going to implement SMP ? 
