New Stockfish 1.8 JA release?!

[Hagen]

I did a quick check this morning and Jim Ablett's page is listing Stockfish 1.8 released?! Check it out.

[halestorm]

Found this independently.

http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

[Hagen]

I smell blood in the water here. I just did a quick game with Stockfish 1.8 in blitz and I was totally crushed. These guys are aiming straight for Rybka 4's throat. This puts the Crab beta nightmare to sleep.

[John Blake]

Great! Thanks to all the Stockfish team.

Stockfish is a piranha, can 1.8 finish off the little fish?

[yanquis1972]

based on a very scientifically reliable 2CPU hyperbullet ponder off match (literally dozens of games played so far) s, this appears to be a legit improvement, it's been hovering around +~40 elo head to head against 1.7.1 (default settings). i have about a 7% confidence level in that number but i'm curious to see how it will compare to actual testing. on the off chance that it actually is +40 elo, it will be tantalizingly close to rybka 4 based on CCRL numbers. and a pretty astounding jump given the short time between releases. i was and am in reality expecting something more like +20 elo over 1.7, which is in itself a nice feat.

[Swaminathan]

[Eduard Nemeth]

http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

My Thanks to Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba and Joona Kii!

My first Test says me, that Stockfish 1.8 is a very powerfull Engine!

ED.

[yanquis1972]

for an engine of its strength shouldnt the scores be much higher?? perhaps SF really is just one very mean, very bad brute after all.

[mcostalba]

based on a very scientifically reliable 2CPU hyperbullet ponder off match (literally dozens of games played so far) s, this appears to be a legit improvement, it's been hovering around +~40 elo head to head against 1.7.1 (default settings). i have about a 7% confidence level in that number but i'm curious to see how it will compare to actual testing. on the off chance that it actually is +40 elo, it will be tantalizingly close to rybka 4 based on CCRL numbers. and a pretty astounding jump given the short time between releases. i was and am in reality expecting something more like +20 elo over 1.7, which is in itself a nice feat.

yes, 20 or even 15 ELO gain is much more in line with reality

...forget hyperbullet.

[Hagen]

So based on this release...can we say that Rybka 4's days of dominance will be short lived? Is there a good chance Stockfish will topple it later this year?