Colossus 2021a - Minor updates

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MartinBryant
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Colossus 2021a - Minor updates

Post by MartinBryant »

Thanks to Thorsten, Steve and Guenther for finding and reporting a couple of issues in the new version of Colossus.

I have made the following updates...
1 - Some GUIs weren't displaying the depth of search correctly. I have updated the UCI messages to now include 'depth' info in the same message as the 'pv' info. This fixes the issue in Arena and Shredder.
2 - Pondering is broken and is going to require some serious thought and thorough re-testing. Therefore I have deferred this fix until the next version but for the moment I have just removed the UCI ponder option from the list that Colossus reports to the GUI when initially sent the 'UCI' command. This should mean that GUIs never ask Colossus to ponder.
3 - For older CPUs I have provided an executable that doesn't use hardware popcount. This runs about 10% slower and therefore clearly identifies itself as the 'software' version in response to the 'UCI' command.

The updated version is available for download from my website at...
http://www.colossusgames.co.uk

I have kept the version as '2021a' as nothing has changed in the engine and therefore any tests run already by the ratings list guys won't be wasted.

Cheers,
Martin
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Wilhelm
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Re: Colossus 2021a - Minor updates

Post by Wilhelm »

Many thanks for the update!

Here a first result of ~1500 games 40m/2min 128mb hash on Ryzen 5900x 4,5 Ghz

PLAYER..........: RATING_ERROR_PLAYED__(%)_D(%)_OppAvg
Colossus 2021a.: 2748.3...26.0.....1573.....63...23...2654.1
Colossus 2008b.: 2604.7...27.2.....1456.... 46...29...2631.9

Chears,
William
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