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cetormenter
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by cetormenter » Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:58 pm
With school coming up soon I will not be able to work on my engine as much as I have been. This time around significant progress has been made with the engine gaining over 200 elo to it predecessor at hyper time controls.
From a sample tournament with TC 15" + 0.05"
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1. Nirvanachess 1.2Test 2883.5/3675 2513-421-741 (L: m=9 t=0 i=0 a=412) (D: r=552 i=73 f=59 s=4 a=53) (tpm=200.9 d=11.49 nps=864365)
2. Nirvanachess 1.1 791.5/3675 421-2513-741 (L: m=128 t=0 i=0 a=2385) (D: r=552 i=73 f=59 s=4 a=53) (tpm=203.9 d=9.72 nps=837442)
Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws
1 Nirvanachess 1.2Test 110 11 11 3675 78% -110 20%
2 Nirvanachess 1.1 -110 11 11 3675 22% 110 20%
The engine can be downloaded at:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/pvwst ... ss_1.2.rar
Inside are 3 different complies.
Nirvanachess 1.2.exe: A 64-bit binary compiled with the intel complier
Nirvanachess 1.2 (32-Bit).exe: A 32-bit binary compiled with the intel complier
Nirvanachess 1.2 (MVSC++).exe: A 64-bit binary compiled with MVSC++ in case the intel compile does not work
More information can be found here:
http://nirvanachess.blogspot.com/
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Graham Banks
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by Graham Banks » Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:44 pm
cetormenter wrote:With school coming up soon I will not be able to work on my engine as much as I have been. This time around significant progress has been made with the engine gaining over 200 elo to it predecessor at hyper time controls.
From a sample tournament with TC 15" + 0.05"
Code: Select all
1. Nirvanachess 1.2Test 2883.5/3675 2513-421-741 (L: m=9 t=0 i=0 a=412) (D: r=552 i=73 f=59 s=4 a=53) (tpm=200.9 d=11.49 nps=864365)
2. Nirvanachess 1.1 791.5/3675 421-2513-741 (L: m=128 t=0 i=0 a=2385) (D: r=552 i=73 f=59 s=4 a=53) (tpm=203.9 d=9.72 nps=837442)
Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws
1 Nirvanachess 1.2Test 110 11 11 3675 78% -110 20%
2 Nirvanachess 1.1 -110 11 11 3675 22% 110 20%
The engine can be downloaded at:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/pvwst ... ss_1.2.rar
Inside are 3 different complies.
Nirvanachess 1.2.exe: A 64-bit binary compiled with the intel complier
Nirvanachess 1.2 (32-Bit).exe: A 32-bit binary compiled with the intel complier
Nirvanachess 1.2 (MVSC++).exe: A 64-bit binary compiled with MVSC++ in case the intel compile does not work
More information can be found here:
http://nirvanachess.blogspot.com/
Nice progress.

My email addresses:
gbanksnz at gmail.com
gbanksnz at yahoo.co.nz
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cetormenter
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by cetormenter » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:34 pm
Yes. It is amazing what a tiny bit endgame knowledge can do. Around half of this gain was from adding 4-5 different endgame evaluations. Each was worth about 20-30 elo. Hopefully now the game won't be lost once the endgame is reached.
P.S. I just noticed there is a typo in the title. Is there anyway to fix that?
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Graham Banks
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by Graham Banks » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:48 pm
cetormenter wrote:Yes. It is amazing what a tiny bit endgame knowledge can do. Around half of this gain was from adding 4-5 different endgame evaluations. Each was worth about 20-30 elo. Hopefully now the game won't be lost once the endgame is reached.
P.S. I just noticed there is a typo in the title. Is there anyway to fix that?
Message a moderator - they can fix it.
My email addresses:
gbanksnz at gmail.com
gbanksnz at yahoo.co.nz
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Graham Banks
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by Graham Banks » Mon Sep 02, 2013 6:04 pm
Graham Banks wrote:cetormenter wrote:With school coming up soon I will not be able to work on my engine as much as I have been. This time around significant progress has been made with the engine gaining over 200 elo to it predecessor at hyper time controls.
From a sample tournament with TC 15" + 0.05"
Code: Select all
1. Nirvanachess 1.2Test 2883.5/3675 2513-421-741 (L: m=9 t=0 i=0 a=412) (D: r=552 i=73 f=59 s=4 a=53) (tpm=200.9 d=11.49 nps=864365)
2. Nirvanachess 1.1 791.5/3675 421-2513-741 (L: m=128 t=0 i=0 a=2385) (D: r=552 i=73 f=59 s=4 a=53) (tpm=203.9 d=9.72 nps=837442)
Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws
1 Nirvanachess 1.2Test 110 11 11 3675 78% -110 20%
2 Nirvanachess 1.1 -110 11 11 3675 22% 110 20%
The engine can be downloaded at:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/pvwst ... ss_1.2.rar
Inside are 3 different complies.
Nirvanachess 1.2.exe: A 64-bit binary compiled with the intel complier
Nirvanachess 1.2 (32-Bit).exe: A 32-bit binary compiled with the intel complier
Nirvanachess 1.2 (MVSC++).exe: A 64-bit binary compiled with MVSC++ in case the intel compile does not work
More information can be found here:
http://nirvanachess.blogspot.com/
Nice progress.

Nirvanachess 1.2 64-bit Gauntlet running in TLCV.
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16076
My email addresses:
gbanksnz at gmail.com
gbanksnz at yahoo.co.nz
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jshriver
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by jshriver » Tue Sep 03, 2013 2:26 am
Great news! Thanks for the update. I'll make sure to update the version I'm testing.
Sorry you've had trouble getting your engine to play on OICS.
-Josh
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michiguel
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by michiguel » Tue Sep 03, 2013 2:54 am
Graham Banks wrote:cetormenter wrote:Yes. It is amazing what a tiny bit endgame knowledge can do. Around half of this gain was from adding 4-5 different endgame evaluations. Each was worth about 20-30 elo. Hopefully now the game won't be lost once the endgame is reached.
P.S. I just noticed there is a typo in the title. Is there anyway to fix that?
Message a moderator - they can fix it.
Just saw it here. Done.
Miguel