New engine releases & news 2021

[jhonnold]

Berserk 5 has been released:

https://github.com/jhonnold/berserk/releases

This is just a release to mark the end of Hand Crafted Evaluation in Berserk. Please test Berserk 6 (or both, up to the testers )

https://github.com/jhonnold/berserk/releases/tag/6

[CMCanavessi]

Nice! 2 releases in 15 minutes lol

[Brunetti]

Please test Berserk 6 (or both, up to the testers )

Very good job!

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Engines in Berserk 6 64-bit family
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Rank  Elo   ±  Engine                                      Score Games  Wins Draws  Loss  Oppo time stal ille
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   1. 3453  23 Berserk 6 64-bit                              62%   686   291   267   128  +118   0%   0%   0%
   2. 3375  23 Berserk 4.5.1 64-bit                          52%   680   230   244   206   +26   0%   0%   0%

Alex

[Rebel]

Berserk 5 has been released:

https://github.com/jhonnold/berserk/releases

This is just a release to mark the end of Hand Crafted Evaluation in Berserk. Please test Berserk 6 (or both, up to the testers )

https://github.com/jhonnold/berserk/releases/tag/6

Berserk 5 for the GRL
1400 games
Elo Pool : 3295
http://rebel13.nl/a/grl.htm

Berserk 6 for the GRL
1000 games
Elo Pool : 3351
http://rebel13.nl/b/grl.htm

Looking good, maybe even a new 3400 elo engine

[Gabor Szots]

Velvet 3.0.0: https://github.com/mhonert/velvet-chess ... tag/v3.0.0

The major feature of this new release is the support for multi-threaded search using the Lazy SMP approach.

[Brunetti]

Velvet 3.0.0: https://github.com/mhonert/velvet-chess ... tag/v3.0.0

Big gain for Velvet and the 3000 mark is passed!

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Rank  Elo   ±  Engine                                      Score Games  Wins Draws  Loss  Oppo time stal ille
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   1. 3053  30 Velvet 3.0.0 64-bit                           53%   417   160   122   135   +40   0%   0%   0%
   2. 2931  23 Velvet 2.0.0 64-bit                           48%   723   260   178   285   -14   0%   0%   0%
   3. 2585  24 Velvet 1.0.0 64-bit                           50%   684   266   149   269    +2   0%   0%   0%

Alex

[Guenther]

not yet mentioned releases:

Lynx 0.6.0
https://github.com/lynx-chess/Lynx

Lozza 2.0a (already around two weeks ago)
https://github.com/op12no2/lozza

Seggz author not anonymous anymore (engine was on my watch list) so it will be added to the chronology finally
Seggz 1.0 - 1.3 (new)
https://github.com/tailow/chess-engine

[Brunetti]

not yet mentioned releases:
Lynx 0.6.0

I've noticed Lynx updates but I'm not mentioning it anymore since it seems it's not improving:

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Engines in Lynx 0.6.0 64-bit family
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Rank  Elo   ±  Engine                                      Score Games  Wins Draws  Loss  Oppo time stal ille
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   1. 1448  23 Lynx 0.5.2 64-bit                             44%   789   277   134   378   -57   0%   4%   0%
   2. 1441  30 Lynx 0.5.0 64-bit                             44%   452   158    79   215   -55   0%   8%   0%
   3. 1441  23 Lynx 0.5.3 64-bit                             45%   759   288   109   362   -41   0%   2%   0%
   4. 1437  23 Lynx 0.6.0 64-bit                             43%   766   275   112   379   -55   0%   9%   0%
   5. 1435  25 Lynx 0.5.1 64-bit                             45%   667   247   104   316   -44   0%   2%   0%

Alex

[Brunetti]

not yet mentioned releases:
Seggz author not anonymous anymore (engine was on my watch list) so it will be added to the chronology finally
Seggz 1.0 - 1.3 (new)

Tested:

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Rank  Elo   ±  Engine                                      Score Games  Wins Draws  Loss  Oppo time stal ille
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   1. 1160  23 Seggz 1.3 64-bit                              38%   860   256   140   464  -118   0%   0%   0%

Alex

[eduherminio]

Hey, Lynx author here.
It's supposed to be slowly improving, but I understand the changes between 0.5.x and 0.6.0 are subtle enough not to have a visible impact in apparent strength, specially in fast control times

Thanks a lot for testing all the versions Alex, I'll keep working on it!

not yet mentioned releases:
Lynx 0.6.0

I've noticed Lynx updates but I'm not mentioning it anymore since it seems it's not improving:

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Engines in Lynx 0.6.0 64-bit family
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Rank  Elo   ±  Engine                                      Score Games  Wins Draws  Loss  Oppo time stal ille
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   1. 1448  23 Lynx 0.5.2 64-bit                             44%   789   277   134   378   -57   0%   4%   0%
   2. 1441  30 Lynx 0.5.0 64-bit                             44%   452   158    79   215   -55   0%   8%   0%
   3. 1441  23 Lynx 0.5.3 64-bit                             45%   759   288   109   362   -41   0%   2%   0%
   4. 1437  23 Lynx 0.6.0 64-bit                             43%   766   275   112   379   -55   0%   9%   0%
   5. 1435  25 Lynx 0.5.1 64-bit                             45%   667   247   104   316   -44   0%   2%   0%

Alex