New engine releases & news H1 2022

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Re: New engine releases & news H1 2022

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Hi there,

Black Marlin 4.0 NN
https://github.com/dsekercioglu/blackmarlin

by:
Doruk Sekercioglu (Turkey)

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Re: New engine releases & news H1 2022

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Combusken 2.0.0 released

https://github.com/mhib/combusken/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Around 160 ELO stronger in self-play than 1.4.0
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mhib wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:14 pm Combusken 2.0.0 released

https://github.com/mhib/combusken/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Around 160 ELO stronger in self-play than 1.4.0
Nice surprise. Thanks. :)
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mhib wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:14 pm Combusken 2.0.0 released

https://github.com/mhib/combusken/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Around 160 ELO stronger in self-play than 1.4.0
Those interested, please download the engine again, the issue mentioned in the bug reports thread has been solved.
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New engine: Zangdar (Philippe Chevalier, France)

https://github.com/Carbecq/Zangdar
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Gabor Szots wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:23 pm New engine: Zangdar (Philippe Chevalier, France)

https://github.com/Carbecq/Zangdar
It was announced here: http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... 08#p124708, you can find some background information there.
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Re: New engine releases & news H1 2022

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Hi there,

I saw that a newer version of Velvet is available:
v3.1.1

Velvet by Martin Honert (Germany):
https://github.com/mhonert/velvet-chess/

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Re: New engine releases & news H1 2022

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Frank Quisinsky wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:50 pm Hi there,

I saw that a newer version of Velvet is available:
v3.1.1

Velvet by Martin Honert (Germany):
https://github.com/mhonert/velvet-chess/

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Re: New engine releases & news H1 2022

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Rubinus wrote: Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:16 am
Frank Quisinsky wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:50 pm Hi there,

I saw that a newer version of Velvet is available:
v3.1.1

Velvet by Martin Honert (Germany):
https://github.com/mhonert/velvet-chess/

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The current version of Velvet is now 3.1.3. I did not get any antivirus warning from Defender with this version, although I am sure that warning for version 3.1.1 was a false alarm.

https://github.com/mhonert/velvet-chess/tags