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MadChess 1.3 Released

Post by emadsen » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:35 pm

I've added 50 to 90 ELO to MadChess, depending on the time control. I've finally broken the master barrier! I estimate MadChess' playing strength is ~2200 ELO at blitz time control (5m + 3s) and 2220 ELO at rapid time control (15m + 10s)

http://www.madchess.net/post/MadChess-13-Released.aspx
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Re: MadChess 1.3 Released

Post by Graham Banks » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:44 pm

Thanks Erik. :)
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Post by Dr.Wael Deeb » Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:30 pm

Thanks and good luck.....
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Post by Steve Maughan » Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:08 am

Hi Erik - Thanks!

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Re: MadChess 1.3 Released

Post by lucasart » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:31 am

emadsen wrote:I've added 50 to 90 ELO to MadChess, depending on the time control. I've finally broken the master barrier! I estimate MadChess' playing strength is ~2200 ELO at blitz time control (5m + 3s) and 2220 ELO at rapid time control (15m + 10s)

http://www.madchess.net/post/MadChess-13-Released.aspx
Congratulations :)

Does that make it the strongest C# engine (after Portfish) ?

Now here's my little tip to improve your program. In my experience, most of the ELO I got in DiscoCheck was actually by fixing bugs and removing (or simplifying) code.

So it's well worth doing some unit testing. Also profiling to improve raw speed (sometimes you find bottlenecks that you didn't think of).
Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.
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Re: MadChess 1.3 Released

Post by emadsen » Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:52 pm

Thanks. I believe the strongest C# engine, other than Portfish, is Pupsi. The strongest managed language engine I know of is Cuckoo Chess (Java). Both are rated in the 2500s.

I believe you're right. Time for unit testing, debug asserts, and simplification.
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Re: MadChess 1.3 Released

Post by SzG » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:10 pm

lucasart wrote:In my experience, most of the ELO
Elo is derived from the name of the inventor of the Elo rating system, Arpad Elo. It is not an acronym.
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Re: MadChess 1.3 Released

Post by fern » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:04 pm

Hi Etik.
Does not work in Arena, neither in Hiarcs explorer gui.
Simply it does not play.
Not even forcing it to play.
Have you tried it in those guis?

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