Nebula 2.0 released

[Dragan]

Yes I do

Version before the SE scored 721 wins and 1130 losses in 2500 total games against 10 different opponents.
SE version got 821 wins and 1013 losses.

So the improvement was +30 ELO

The thing I like the most about the SE is that improves engine's tactical abilities.
You should definitely have it as a high priority improvement.

[Tom Likens]

Yes I do

Version before the SE scored 721 wins and 1130 losses in 2500 total games against 10 different opponents.
SE version got 821 wins and 1013 losses.

So the improvement was +30 ELO

The thing I like the most about the SE is that improves engine's tactical abilities.
You should definitely have it as a high priority improvement.

Thanks Dragan,

I figured you had the numbers. BTW, I downloaded Nebula 2.0 and it's beating the latest version of Djinn by about +40 elo after 1000 3sec.+1sec games, which is a very nice improvement by Nebula since my latest version of Djinn is much stronger than 0.979.

Well done

[SzG]

my latest version of Djinn is much stronger than 0.979.

Aiming the stratosphere, Tom? 0.979 was already about 60 Elo better than 0.969. Please slow down, I cannot keep pace.

[Tom Likens]

my latest version of Djinn is much stronger than 0.979.

Aiming the stratosphere, Tom? 0.979 was already about 60 Elo better than 0.969. Please slow down, I cannot keep pace.

Hey Gabor,

That's one of the advantages of having a weak engine, there's basically only one direction to go! No worries though, Dragan has now set the bar much higher so I think you and the other testers are safe for a while!

BTW, I still need to release version 1.0 (it's only been about 12 years since I started working on Djinn, so it may be time)!

best,
--tom

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

my latest version of Djinn is much stronger than 0.979.

Aiming the stratosphere, Tom? 0.979 was already about 60 Elo better than 0.969. Please slow down, I cannot keep pace.

Hey Gabor,

That's one of the advantages of having a weak engine, there's basically only one direction to go! No worries though, Dragan has now set the bar much higher so I think you and the other testers are safe for a while!

BTW, I still need to release version 1.0 (it's only been about 12 years since I started working on Djinn, so it may be time)!

best,
--tom

Good luck Tom

Djinn is one of the mile stones in computer chess history......
Dr.D

[reflectionofpower]

Thanks for the effort!

[Dragan]

Thanks Tom

I tried using Djinn as a test opponent but the current public version doesn't do very well in bullet (40/5" or 40/10")
This is not very surprising considering the fact xboard doesn't send time in milliseconds. Arasan fares even worse so I wasn't able to use it either.
Dirty is the only xboard engine handling bullet well.

I hope you make a great improvement but not too great

[Tom Likens]

Thanks Tom

I tried using Djinn as a test opponent but the current public version doesn't do very well in bullet (40/5" or 40/10")
This is not very surprising considering the fact xboard doesn't send time in milliseconds. Arasan fares even worse so I wasn't able to use it either.
Dirty is the only xboard engine handling bullet well.

I hope you make a great improvement but not too great

Hey Dragan,

That's actually good to know. I'm going to see if I can fix that over the weekend. I want Djinn
to be able to handle all time controls. Are you using cutechess-cli or something else?

--tom

[michiguel]

Thanks Tom

I tried using Djinn as a test opponent but the current public version doesn't do very well in bullet (40/5" or 40/10")
This is not very surprising considering the fact xboard doesn't send time in milliseconds. Arasan fares even worse so I wasn't able to use it either.
Dirty is the only xboard engine handling bullet well.

I hope you make a great improvement but not too great

Did you try Gaviota?

Miguel

[Sylwy]

Hello Dragan !

Tonight my test will be here !
It has been born the successor of Naum ?

Regards,
SilvianR