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BlackCore v5.1

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@SzilBalazs SzilBalazs released this 01 Feb 09:39
· 74 commits to master since this release

This new minor release contains only a few, but more significant patches compared to the previous version, which resulted a big selfplay elo gain. The biggest change is to the new 4 king buckets system in the NNUE network.

ELO   | 126.18 +- 17.78 (95%)
CONF  | 8.0+0.08s Threads=1 Hash=16MB
GAMES | N: 1000 W: 489 L: 141 D: 370

FRC/DFRC support is being planned for the next major release.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or problems regarding BlackCore. For choosing a binary please see the installation section in the readme.

Changelog

  • Cleaner code base
  • King buckets
  • Killer moves (BlackCore used one of may own inventions, history difference heuristic a replacement to killer moves, but it's removal unfortunately gained elo)
  • HH decay
  • Fixed mate scores
  • Fixed counter moves