Pawny 0.15 is out.

[Mincho Georgiev]

Happy New Year to all the members of this forum!
Have a Great Time and be healthy!

As for the new version, i expect somewhere around 25-30 ELO gain.


Best Regards!
Mincho.

[Graham Banks]

Thanks Mincho.

[swami]

Pawny 0.15
by Mincho Georgiev, Bulgaria.

Strategic Test Suite Conditions:

Arena GUI
10 seconds per position
800 positions
Core2Quad 32 bits, Q6600, 2 GB RAM, 2.4GHZ
Engine uses 146 Mb Hash.

Subject-wise Scores:

STS (v1.0) - Undermining:
62/100, Grade: B+

STS (v2.0) - Open Files and Diagonals:
53/100, Grade: B+

STS (v3.0) - Knight Outposts/Centralization/Repositioning:
56/100, Grade: B

STS (v4.0) - Square Vacancy:
56/100, Grade: B

STS (v5.0) - Bishop vs Knight:
57/100, Grade: B+

STS (v6.0) - Re-Capturing:
51/100, Grade: B

STS (v7.0) - Offer of Simplification:
48/100, Grade: B

STS (v8.0) - Advancement of f/g/h Pawns:
40/100, Grade: E

Overall Performance:

Total Score: 423/800

Overall Average: 52.875 %

Grade: C

Regards,
Swami

[swami]

Both Pawny and Lime 66 have equal scores.

I believe they're about similar strength. It would be interesting to see the matches

I'd conduct the tournament between them later.

Thanks Mincho for the update.

[swami]

Both Pawny and Lime 66 have equal scores.

I believe they're about similar strength. It would be interesting to see the matches

I'd conduct the tournament between them later.

Thanks Mincho for the update.

Oh well, Pawny seems to be little slow for 1/1. Search starts from depth 1, and takes 5 or 6 seconds to reach depth 10... Depth starts from 1 and goes further step by step.

I hope both the time management and fast searching will be improved next time.

[Mincho Georgiev]

Thanks Swami, but i am not sure i understand. Maybe i'm not familiar with your match conditions. How exactly time management should be improved?

[swami]

Thanks Swami, but i am not sure i understand. Maybe i'm not familiar with your match conditions. How exactly time management should be improved?

Hi Mincho, I think it's slow in 1 minute + 1 seconds increment under Arena. Takes atleast 7 to 8 seconds per move which is unusual. When in time pressure, it starts playing too fast and makes a blunder. Try it in Arena -> Engine Tournaments.

In long time controls, I believe it would play well, and the engine does function better in EPD testing!

[Mincho Georgiev]

Oh, 1 minute + 1 is too fast for Arena, there are certain Arena issues regarding the UCI Engines output, there is some delay, i believe, i will try to improve it, but right now i have some other things to do first.
Anyway, Many Thanks for testing!