New engine releases & news H1 2024

[Rubinus]

Ah, I forgot, sorry!
If I am looking I found a bit.
So, very sure that a lot of other very strong programs are on GitHub.
Not easy to hold an overview!

Clarity 4.1.0 NN by Joseph Pasfield (USA)
https://github.com/Vast342/Clarity

Elo strength can be around 3200 Elo +-50 I think.
UCI features looks also interesting.
Room for experiments!

But so far threads only 1.

[pohl4711]

Caissa 1.16 released:

https://github.com/Witek902/Caissa/releases/tag/1.16

(This new version could eventually pass Ethereal 14.25 in ratinglists, if the selfplay Elo on the GitHub-page is confirmed versus other engines)

[eduherminio]

Lynx 1.2.0
+90.3 (+/- 7.9) vs 1.1.0
Estimated 2611 CCRL blitz

[Frank Quisinsky]

Counter 5.5 NN
Vadim Chizhov (Rus)
https://github.com/ChizhovVadim/CounterGo/

Unclear for me is the "experimental setting" ... uci option!

Best
Frank

[Graham Banks]

Counter 5.5 NN
Vadim Chizhov (Rus)
https://github.com/ChizhovVadim/CounterGo/

Unclear for me is the "experimental setting" ... uci option!

Best
Frank

Pretty sure that's always been an option for Counter.

[Damir]

what kind of experimental setting is it ?

[mar]

hi,

Cheng 4.43 is out:
https://github.com/kmar/cheng4/releases/tag/4.43

expected gain: +30 elo
switched from my HCE to NN-based eval, see release notes for more details, still untainted eval, cheng self-play and labeled using cheng search

have fun

[Frank Quisinsky]

Kuma 1.2 NN
by Kato Daichi (Japan, think so)
https://github.com/kato-daichi/kuma

Seems to be strong ... around 3200 +-50 if Wasp 6.50 NN = 3300 Elo.

Best
Frank

[Frank Quisinsky]

Damir,

that is the question (in case of Counter 5.5 NN).
No idea ...

Best
Frank

[Frank Quisinsky]

Pawn 3.0 NN
by Rui Coelho (Portugal)
https://github.com/ruicoelhopedro/pawn

Best
Frank