Spark released

[Graham Banks]

I hope CCRL and CEGT will test it, then we'll know for sure.

Of course.

[DomLeste]

Thanks Allard for the new engine, how does Spark compare to Bright in terms of playing style?

[meschle]

Well spark got this postion when bright didnt bm Nc5

from here http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30421

Spark-0.3-vc32:
1 00:00 4 0 +0.92 Bc4xa2
2/1 00:00 136 0 +0.32 Bc4xa2 b2b3 Qc7xc3
2/1 00:00 290 0 +0.44 b7b5 Qh4g3 Bc4xa2
2/1 00:00 459 0 +0.58 g7g5 Qh4h5 Bc4xa2
2/1 00:00 615 0 +0.63 Nd7c5 f2f4
3/2 00:00 1.394 0 +0.44 Nd7c5 b2b3 g7g5
3/2 00:00 1.529 0 +0.58 g7g5 Qh4h5 Bc4xa2
4/3 00:00 3.574 32.490 +0.37 Nd7c5 b2b3 g7g5 Qh4g3
5/4 00:00 7.155 45.573 +0.19 Nd7c5 b2b3 g7g5 Qh4g3 f5f4
5/5 00:00 10.206 59.337 +0.22 Bc4xa2 b2b3 Qc7xc3 Qh4h5 Re5d5 Qh5e8+ Rf6f8
5/5 00:00 17.236 73.344 +0.29 Re5a5 Bc2b3 Bc4xb3 a2xb3 Rf6g6
6/5 00:00 25.445 90.230 +0.21 Re5a5 b2b3 Bc4f7 f2f3 e4xf3 g2xf3 Ra5xa2 Bc2xf5
6/7 00:00 38.733 118.088 +0.25 Rf6g6 Bc2b3 Bc4xb3 a2xb3 Nd7c5 Qh4f4
7/8 00:00 65.001 166.242 +0.21 Re5a5 b2b3 Bc4f7 f2f3 e4xf3 g2xf3 Ra5xa2 Bc2xf5
8/9 00:00 139.785 255.548 0.00 Re5a5 Qh4h5 Ra5e5 Qh5h4
8/12 00:00 207.443 295.082 +0.13 Nd7c5 b2b3 g7g5 Qh4g3 Bc4d3 c3c4 Qc7d6 f2f4
8/13 00:00 265.478 320.625 +0.27 Bc4xa2 b2b3 Qc7xc3 Re1e3 Qc3b2 Re3g3 g7g5 Qh4h5
9/13 00:00 318.729 345.693 +0.31 Bc4xa2 b2b3 Qc7xc3 Qh4h5 Nd7c5 Re1e3 Qc3b2 Re3g3 Nc5d3 Bc2xd3 e4xd3 Rg3xd3 Qb2xf2
9/13 00:01 387.347 369.958 +0.52 Nd7c5
9/13 00:01 487.273 384.891 +0.61 Nd7c5 a2a4 Nc5d3 f2f4 Re5e7 Bc2xd3 e4xd3 Re1xe7 Qc7xe7
10/15 00:02 876.738 424.982 +0.59 Nd7c5 h2h3 Re5e8 b2b3 Bc4f7 f2f3 Bf7g6 Qh4f2 Re8d8 f3f4
11/16 00:02 1.184.499 453.831 +0.50 Nd7c5 h2h3 Re5e8 b2b3 Bc4f7 f2f3 g7g5 Qh4f2 Bf7d5 f3xe4 Bd5xe4 Bc2xe4 Nc5xe4
12/21 00:07 3.491.220 496.476 +0.33 Bc4xa2 b2b3 Qc7xc3 Qh4h5 Rf6d6 f2f4 Re5c5 Nd4xf5 Rd6xd1 Qh5e8+ Kg8h7 Re1xd1 Rc5xf5 Qe8xd7 Rf5xf4
13/22 00:10 5.592.856 519.492 +0.43 Bc4xa2 b2b3 Qc7xc3 Qh4h5 Rf6d6 f2f4 Re5c5 Nd4xf5 Nd7f6 Nf5e7+ Kg8f8 Ne7g6+ Kf8e8 Qh5h3 Qc3xh3 g2xh3 Rd6xd1 Bc2xd1
14/22 00:14 7.896.356 528.078 +0.43 Bc4xa2 b2b3 Qc7xc3 Qh4h5 Rf6d6 f2f4 Re5c5 Nd4xf5 Nd7f6 Nf5e7+ Kg8f8 Ne7g6+ Kf8e8 Qh5h3 Qc3xh3 g2xh3 Rd6xd1 Bc2xd1
15/24 00:24 12.433.696 509.431 +0.43 Bc4xa2 b2b3 Qc7xc3 Qh4h5 Rf6d6 f2f4 Re5c5 Nd4xf5 Nd7f6 Nf5e7+ Kg8f8 Ne7g6+ Kf8e8 Qh5h3 Qc3xh3 g2xh3 Rd6xd1 Bc2xd1
16/32 01:42 54.841.089 533.894 +0.34 Nd7c5 f2f3 Bc4d3 Bc2b3+ Nc5xb3 a2xb3 Re5d5 Qh4h5 Qc7f7 Qh5xf7+ Kg8xf7 g2g3 g7g6 b3b4 Rd5d8 Kh1g2 Kf7g7 h2h4 Rf6d6 f3xe4 f5xe4
17/32 02:47 91.590.620 548.190 +0.32 Nd7c5 f2f3 Bc4d3 Bc2b3+ Kg8h8 f3f4 Re5e7 Bb3d5 Re7d7 c3c4 b7b5 b2b3 b5xc4 b3xc4 Rd7d8 Nd4c6 Rd8c8 Nc6e5 Rf6b6
18/37 06:35 220.151.139 557.013 +0.33 Nd7c5 Qh4f4 g7g5 Qf4g3 Re5e7 Qg3xc7 Re7xc7 f2f3 Bc4d3 Bc2b3+ Nc5xb3 Nd4xb3 h6h5 Nb3d4 h5h4 a2a4 b7b6 Rd1a1 Rc7d7 Ra1d1 Rf6f7
19/37 08:58 308.009.175 572.026 +0.34 Nd7c5 Qh4f4 g7g5 Qf4g3 Re5e7 Qg3xc7 Re7xc7 f2f3 Bc4d3 Bc2b3+ Nc5xb3 Nd4xb3 h6h5 Nb3d4 h5h4 a2a4 b7b6 Rd1a1 Rc7d7 Ra1d1 Rf6f7 b2b3

[Matthias Gemuh]

Thanks, Allard !

... I think you forgot to upload Spark 0.1 and Spark 0.2 .

Matthias.

[Werner]

Thanks Allard,

I wonder what happens with the Bright version I saw in Olivier´s tounament (bright 0.5)

Code: Select all

17   PHARAON 3.5.1        2612   FRA     4         
18   BRIGHT 0.5b          2743   NED     3.5

[AdminX]

GCC seems to be stronger than VC. Why is VC slower (Per Readme)? What's different between the two versions?

[Christopher Conkie]

I hope CCRL and CEGT will test it, then we'll know for sure.

They will.

They test anything........

[Graham Banks]

I hope CCRL and CEGT will test it, then we'll know for sure.

They will.

They test anything........

Really?

[Christopher Conkie]

I hope CCRL and CEGT will test it, then we'll know for sure.

They will.

They test anything........

Really?

I hope times are changing....if they are good.

[AdminX]

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