I do not think that the target of the stockfish team is to advance science(otherwise instead of only trying to improve stockfish they can do tests to find out what are the main factors that help stockfish to be strong).deefree49 wrote:Congratulations! I think it is an important achievement. I believe in the idea of cooperation for the sake of advancing science without concern for monetary gain. It is, IMHO a high expression of the best of what we aspire to.
Thank you so much for your hard work! I love chess and computer chess holds an unending fascination for me. So you have made this old guy happier today.![]()
I wish continued success for the whole Stockfish team. Also, kudos to all the testers who freely contributed their time and resources to the project.
Very nice!
It can be done simply by removing every piece of code that does not give a significant elo gain and see what we get.
It is possible simply to test every code that we want to remove
with SPRT(-6,0) at 1 minute per game and remove it if it pass the test.
I guess that the final result is going to be weaker than stockfish6 but still better than stockfish5 and we may know better what are the main factors
that help stockfish to be a strong engine.