Engine test

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Due to the upcoming tournament in September, I would like to test the engines before the tournament has a website https://www.draughtsprograms.eu/test/liveGames.php. The test will consist of a match of 8 games with a time of 3 minutes + 10 seconds per 100 moves on the DGT board. I will also inform you (on the forum) on what day and time the match will take place. I will also provide information about the configuration of the engines when playing in a match. At the very beginning I will test the Ares engine and GWD. The Ares - GWD match test will take place on July 9, 2023 at 10:00. The match will be played on separate computers with the following parameters:

- processor - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 3.0GHz
- hard drive - Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 2 TB
- memory ram - Kingston HyperX Fury 128 GB DDR4 2400MHz CL15
- monitor - Nec MultiSync EA245WMi
- keyboard - A4Tech KV-300H Slim
- mouse - Razer DeathAdder Essential
- operating system - Microsoft Windows 11 Professional 64 bit

Setting up engines during a match.

Ares NNUE - Joost Buijs - Netherlands
Book - On
Threads - 32
TT-size - 32
Bucket-size - 4
Pondering - On
The program uses from full 6 figure base of endings

GWD (7.128) - Gijsbert Wiesenekker - Netherlands
Opening book - On
Threads - 32
Hashtable size - 16384
Pondering - On
The program uses from full 7 figure base of endings

Krzysztof

[Joost Buijs]

Hi Krzysztof,

Thank you for playing these matches! It's always interesting to watch the games unfold.

You can download the slightly improved version Ares v1.6-beta. This is as far as it goes, I decided to stop working on the old version, this will really be the last one.

I will continue working on version 2.0, but it still needs a lot of work, I'm afraid that it won't be finished before your September tournament. After many experiments the old version became a very big mess, so I don't want to rush things with the new version, otherwise this is getting a mess too.

Joost

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Thank you very much Joost. In 15.07.2023 at 10:00 a test match Kingsrow - Damage will take place, on the website https://www.draughtsprograms.eu/test/liveGames.php . The match will consist of 8 games with a time of 3 minutes + 10 seconds per game. The match will be played on separate computers with the following parameters:

- processor - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 3.0GHz
- hard drive - Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 2 TB
- memory ram - Kingston HyperX Fury 128 GB DDR4 2400MHz CL15
- monitor - Nec MultiSync EA245WMi
- keyboard - A4Tech KV-300H Slim
- mouse - Razer DeathAdder Essential
- operating system - Microsoft Windows 11 Professional 64 bit

Setting up engines during a match.

Kingsrow - Edgar Gilbert - United States of America
Hashtable size (mb) - 512
Cache size (mb) - 30000
Max.pieces - 8
Search threads - 16
Opening book - Best moves
Pondering - On
The program uses from full 8 figure base of endings

Damage NNUE - Bert Tuyt - Netherlands
Book - 0n
Threads - 32
NNUE-file - nn_20210328.gnn
TT-persistent - On
TT-size - 24
BB-cache - 5
BB-size - 7
BB-preload - 7
The program uses from full 7 figure base of endings

Krzysztof

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

In 30.07.2023 at 10:00 a test match Moby Dam - Tornado will take place, on the website https://www.draughtsprograms.eu/test/liveGames.php . The match will consist of 8 games with a time of 3 minutes + 10 seconds per game. The match will be played on separate computers with the following parameters:

- processor - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 3.0GHz
- hard drive - Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 2 TB
- memory ram - Kingston HyperX Fury 128 GB DDR4 2400MHz CL15
- monitor - Nec MultiSync EA245WMi
- keyboard - A4Tech KV-300H Slim
- mouse - Razer DeathAdder Essential
- operating system - Microsoft Windows 11 Professional 64 bit

Setting up engines during a match.

Moby Dam - Harm Jetten - Netherlands
Threads - 8
Pondering - On
Large pages - On
Opening book - On
The program uses from full 6 figure base of endings

Tornado - Frank Mesander - Netherlands
Threads - 3
Pondering - On
Hash Table Geheugen - 2G
The program uses from full 6 figure base of endings

Krzysztof

[BertTuyt]

Hi Krzysztof,

thanks for organizing.
In the end it was 8 times a draw, but i enjoyed watching the games.

Bert

[Harm Jetten]

Hello Krzysztof,

It was a good test, and nice to watch live. But what happened at the end of game 6?

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Hello Krzysztof,

It was a good test, and nice to watch live. But what happened at the end of game 6?

The problem stayed with the Tornado program. The program automatically made the move itself. I couldn't even undo a move quickly.
I'll ask Frank to see what might have happened. The program itself played move 46-23.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

In 06.08.2023 at 10:00 a test match Scan - Maximus will take place, on the website https://www.draughtsprograms.eu/test/liveGames.php . The match will consist of 8 games with a time of 3 minutes + 10 seconds per game. The match will be played on separate computers with the following parameters:

- processor - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 3.0GHz
- hard drive - Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 2 TB
- memory ram - Kingston HyperX Fury 128 GB DDR4 2400MHz CL15
- monitor - Nec MultiSync EA245WMi
- keyboard - A4Tech KV-300H Slim
- mouse - Razer DeathAdder Essential
- operating system - Microsoft Windows 11 Professional 64 bit

Setting up en gines during a match.

Scan - Fabien Letouzey - France
Hub - On
Variant - Normal
Book - On
Book ply - 4
Book-margin - 4
Pondering - On
Threads - 16
TT-size - 26
BB-size - 6
The program uses from full 6 figure base of endings

Maximus - Jan-Jaap van Horssen - Netherlands
Threads - 8
Opening book - On
Book margin - 0.0
Pondering - On
Transposition Table - 32 M positions (25 bits)
The program uses from full 6 figure base of endings

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

In 12.08.2023 at 10:00 a test match Sjende Blyn - Dragon will take place, on the website https://www.draughtsprograms.eu/test/liveGames.php . The match will consist of 8 games with a time of 3 minutes + 10 seconds per game. The match will be played on separate computers with the following parameters:

- processor - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 3.0GHz
- hard drive - Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 2 TB
- memory ram - Kingston HyperX Fury 128 GB DDR4 2400MHz CL15
- monitor - Nec MultiSync EA245WMi
- keyboard - A4Tech KV-300H Slim
- mouse - Razer DeathAdder Essential
- operating system - Microsoft Windows 11 Professional 64 bit

Setting up engines during a match.

Sjende Blyn - Jelle Wiersma - Netherlands
Threads - 32
Strength - Maximum
Pondering - On
The program uses from full 6 figure base of endings

Dragon - Michel Grimminck - Netherlands
Max hashtable size - 16384 mb
Big evaluation table - 1243 mb
Opening book - Tournament book
Number of cores - 16
Permanent brain - On
Avoid draws - Not
The program uses from not full 8 figure base of endings

Krzysztof

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

In 19.08.2023 at 10:00 a test match TD King - Frits will take place, on the website https://www.draughtsprograms.eu/test/liveGames.php . The match will consist of 8 games with a time of 3 minutes + 10 seconds per game. The match will be played on separate computers with the following parameters:

- processor - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 3.0GHz
- hard drive - Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 2 TB
- memory ram - Kingston HyperX Fury 128 GB DDR4 2400MHz CL15
- monitor - Nec MultiSync EA245WMi
- keyboard - A4Tech KV-300H Slim
- mouse - Razer DeathAdder Essential
- operating system - Microsoft Windows 11 Professional 64 bit

Setting up engines during a match.

TD King - Ton Tillemans - Switzerland
Threads - 1
Opening book - On
Pondering - On
The program uses from full 6 figure base of endings

Flits - Adri Vermeulen - Netherlands
Threads - 1
Transpositietabel(Mb) - 1770
Pondering - On
The program does not use base of endings

Krzysztof