Quick steps on the dancefloor: Discocheck 3.51

[Mike S.]

1m+0.4s, Atom N455/1.66 GHz
32-bit singlethread all, ponder off
128 MB hash tables each
Balanced-14.abk (randomly)
Arena 2.0.1, Windows 7

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Discotime NC-110, 2012

Discocheck 3.51   - Hannibal 1.2           4.5 - 15.5    +3/=3/-14    22.50%
Discocheck 3.51   - MinkoChess 1.3         7.5 - 12.5    +5/=5/-10    37.50%
Discocheck 3.51   - Quazar 0.4             6.0 - 14.0    +4/=4/-12    30.00%
Discocheck 3.51   - Texel 1.01             6.0 - 14.0    +3/=6/-11    30.00%
Discocheck 3.51   - Shredder Classic 4     5.0 - 15.0    +3/=4/-13    25.00%

Discocheck 3.51 total: 29.0/100

PGN: http://remixshare.com/download/tf43m

Again, a few couple of times Discocheck achieved fabulous calculation depths like 60...100+ plies, even under these "low tech" conditions. Amazing!

[lucasart]

1m+0.4s, Atom N455/1.66 GHz
32-bit singlethread all, ponder off
128 MB hash tables each
Balanced-14.abk (randomly)
Arena 2.0.1, Windows 7

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Discotime NC-110, 2012

Discocheck 3.51   - Hannibal 1.2           4.5 - 15.5    +3/=3/-14    22.50%
Discocheck 3.51   - MinkoChess 1.3         7.5 - 12.5    +5/=5/-10    37.50%
Discocheck 3.51   - Quazar 0.4             6.0 - 14.0    +4/=4/-12    30.00%
Discocheck 3.51   - Texel 1.01             6.0 - 14.0    +3/=6/-11    30.00%
Discocheck 3.51   - Shredder Classic 4     5.0 - 15.0    +3/=4/-13    25.00%

Discocheck 3.51 total: 29.0/100

PGN: http://remixshare.com/download/tf43m

Again, a few couple of times Discocheck achieved fabulous calculation depths like 60...100+ plies, even under these "low tech" conditions. Amazing!

Thanks for your interest in my engine DiscoCheck!
But perhaps, you're overestimating DiscoCheck a little. I'm actually quite surprised by the good score against MinkoChess (the sample of 20 games is small so it doesn't mean anything, but still pleasant to see that). In my rating list, with thousands of games of plenty of engines and rating distortions kept a minimum, DiscoCheck 3.5.1 is weaker than MinkoChess by more than 200 elo

[Wolfgang]

...DiscoCheck 3.5.1 is weaker than MinkoChess by more than 200 elo

This fits quite well with our results:
http://www.husvankempen.de/nunn/40_4_Ra ... liste.html

Minko: 2715 from 1300 games
Disco: 2469 from 1200 games (version 3.50 only)

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