Which IvanHoe Build Is Best?

[kingliveson]

Which IvanHoe build is better? This is not really a topic of interest, but because we have a certain character (and he is not alone) who has taken it upon himself to interject unprompted at each turn on a topic for which he has limited knowledge, this thread is warranted. It's not every idol or foolish talk that demands a reply, but lest a false notion repeated frequently take hold, it is however, occasionally necessary that one provides corrections.

Reading some of the comments that were pointed out to me, evoked laughter because you don't expect anyone to take them seriously. Here was one; "Only problem is remember KLO's compiles are approx. 30 to 70 elo weaker than PPs in Windows." KLO (king-lives-on) of course are my builds, and PP, are those of Peterpan's. This is coming from someone, who if you read some of his postings, you'd wonder how this individual turns on a computer without the help of technical-support.

Unless the source code has been modified and inadvertently weakened, the builds should not be more than +/- ~5 Elo apart -- and there are some good supporting data. Frank Quisinsky, who hosted the now closed SWCR rating list, and another talkchess user by the name of Gerhard Sonnabend, both ran well controlled tournaments using IvanHoe 999946f and 999946h respectively, that contradict misconceptions put out there.

Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws
1 Houdini 2.0c x64 3018 19 19 1288 81% 2764 26%
2 Houdini 1.5 x64 2998 14 14 2320 78% 2771 29%
3 Houdini 1.5 w32 2980 19 19 1240 79% 2756 29%
4 Rybka 4 x64 Exp. 42 2966 19 18 1280 78% 2743 28%
5 Rybka 4.1 x64 Exp. 79TD v.1 2963 20 19 1200 79% 2735 26%
6 IvanHoe 999946f x64 2962 17 17 1400 75% 2770 33%
7 Komodo 3.0 x64 2961 16 16 1568 75% 2762 33%
8 Rybka 4 x64 Exp. 61 2959 21 21 1000 78% 2741 27%
9 IvanHoe B46fB x64 2956 17 17 1400 74% 2770 35%
10 Critter 1.2 x64 2956 15 15 1768 75% 2760 34%

http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 573#438573

3. Critter 1.4 x64 1CPU ELO 3189 / 1300 games
4. Rybka 4.0 x64 1CPU ELO 3172 / 6142 games
-> IvanHoe 46bh (KLO) x64 1CPU ELO 3167 / 700 games
-> IvanHoe 46h (PP) x64 1CPU ELO 3165 / 700 games
5. Komodo 4.0 x64 1CPU ELO 3163 / 1400 games
6. Stockfish 2.1 x64 1CPU ELO 3142 / 3142 games

http://computerschach.forumfrei.net/t23 ... itions#392

On Frank's test, my build came out 6 Elo ahead, and while on Gerhard's, 2 Elo ahead.

Furthermore, when IvanHoe 999946 (999946a) series came out, I was the only individual who put out the complete build. There was a reason why neither Peterpan nor anyone else was successful. In fact, the library included in my release had to be borrowed. None of these uninformed characters understand, and with 100% certainty, I am very sure neither does Peterpan. The point is, I am quite familiar with the source code and know what am doing.

This is not an attempt to be disparaging, but it was some of these same set of characters who goaded Izak (Peterpan), to ask Critter's author for his source code because they felt the binary provided was not the best that could be produced from source code they've never seen. How comical is that?!

"Remember I told you KLO's were the only Ivanhoe Linux compiles. I never said they were worth a shit."

It is not everything the right hand does, the left hand knows. Anyone who's been following IvanHoe knows some of my contributions. When you are doing someone a favour and don't even ask or care for a thank you, a little courtesy is not too much to be expected.

[ernest]

Which IvanHoe build is better?

I like Ivanhoe B46fC x64 (Peterpan compile)
In my tests (2'+1", 200 games and 164 games), it got 44% against Houdini 2.0c and equality against Critter 1.4

[kingliveson]

Ernest, post your results after you've ran enough games in controlled settings with multiple opponents.

Here is a sample: Played under "CEGT-Blitz-Conditions".

IvanHoe 46bh x64 1CPU (KLO)					IvanHoe 46h x64 1CPU (Peterpan)		
vs	ELO	Result	Perf.	  	ELO	Result	Perf.
Chiron 1.1a x64 1CPU	3025	74.5-25.5	3211	  	3025	70.0-30.0	3172
Critter 1.4 x64 1CPU	3189	44.0-56.0	3147	  	3189	43.0-57.0	3140
Houdini 2.0c x64 1CPU	3240	42.5-57.5	3187	  	3240	36.5-63.5	3144
Komodo 4.0 x64 1CPU	3163	46.0-54.0	3135	  	3163	49.0-51.0	3156
Loop 2010-x x64 1CPU	3042	66.5-33.5	3161	  	3042	67.5-32.5	3169
Rybka 4.0 x64 1CPU	3172	51.5-48.5	3182	  	3172	50.5-49.5	3175
Stockfish 2.1 x64 1CPU	3142	53.5-46.5	3166	  	3142	60.0-40.0	3212
Ø	3139	378.5-321.5	54.1%	  	3139	376.5-323.5	53.8%
ELO-Stat	54.1%	Ø 3139	3167	  	53.8%	Ø 3139	3165

The point is, unless the code has been modified and new knowledge added, you are deceiving yourself.

[kingliveson]

Which IvanHoe build is better?

I like Ivanhoe B46fC x64 (Peterpan compile)
In my tests (2'+1", 200 games and 164 games), it got 44% against Houdini 2.0c and equality against Critter 1.4

Sweet Mary, Holy Venerated Mother of Baby Jesus, stop the press...stop the press. My IvanHoe build is 28 Elo stronger than the current best. After numerous, more than enough games, both engines using default settings, 128 MB hash, ponder off, tablebases off, 4 cores, 25 opening positions, and 1 minute sudden death time control, a clear undisputed champion emerged. I am thinking this program should now be renamed, packaged, and sold.

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IvanHoe vs IvanHoe, Blitz 1m  2012
                             
1   IvanHoe 9.46b x64   +28  +11/=32/-7 54.00%   27.0/50
2   Ivanhoe B46fC x64   -28  +7/=32/-11 46.00%   23.0/50

Wait, wait, I am being told there exists 10 more stronger than the best.

Not trying to fight with you []. I would just like you to say which IvanHoe you think is the best, if you have an opinion. Listing 7 "that are better than what I am using", and saying that you could name 4 or 5 more really does not help.

I will send you all the strong PP versions- 64 and 32 bit- if you like. And I have B46fc. But it is nowhere close to the top 6 or 8. It is no slouch- but at least ONE person-you - have seen the light and are headed for some good ones, ie those that don't begin with "9" in the name.

With having different match lengths, I have settled on all "50 game matches" run at 40/3 repeating. All engines like this time limit, and when I wake up after 8 hours sleep, it will in general have run 46 or so of the 50 games.

I am using Rybka 4.1 as a baseline, and comparing each engine I run to that baseline. So the elo difference between 2 engines as it shows in a rating list will be determined by how each performs ag. Rybka. Example: "engine A" shows +70 elo in match with Rybka, and "engine B" shows +35 elo difference. That means in the list "engine A" will list as 35 elo stronger than "engine B".

In the words of Don Dailey, "My compiler is better than your compiler."

[ernest]

you are deceiving yourself.

Could be, but I'm having fun anyway with my tests!...

[Marwan]

IvanHoe 9.46 (compiled by KLO)

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  1 Houdini 2.0c x64              3018  19  19  1302  80%  2765  27%
  2 Houdini 1.5 x64                2999  14  14  2320  78%  2772  29%
  3 Houdini 1.5 w32                2981  19  18  1240  79%  2756  29%
  4 Rybka 4 x64 Exp. 42            2967  19  18  1280  78%  2744  28%
  5 Rybka 4.1 x64 Exp. 79TD v.1    2963  19  19  1200  79%  2736  26%
  6 IvanHoe 999946f x64            2963  17  17  1400  75%  2770  33%
  7 Komodo 3.0 x64                2960  16  16  1581  75%  2762  33%
  8 Rybka 4 x64 Exp. 61            2959  21  21  1000  78%  2741  27%
  9 IvanHoe B46fB x64              2956  17  17  1400  74%  2770  35% 

http://www.chess2u.com/t4670p60-ivanhoe

Thank you so much Kingliveson for this a great version..

[Prima]

IvanHoe 9.46 (compiled by KLO)

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  1 Houdini 2.0c x64              3018  19  19  1302  80%  2765  27%
  2 Houdini 1.5 x64                2999  14  14  2320  78%  2772  29%
  3 Houdini 1.5 w32                2981  19  18  1240  79%  2756  29%
  4 Rybka 4 x64 Exp. 42            2967  19  18  1280  78%  2744  28%
  5 Rybka 4.1 x64 Exp. 79TD v.1    2963  19  19  1200  79%  2736  26%
  6 IvanHoe 999946f x64            2963  17  17  1400  75%  2770  33%
  7 Komodo 3.0 x64                2960  16  16  1581  75%  2762  33%
  8 Rybka 4 x64 Exp. 61            2959  21  21  1000  78%  2741  27%
  9 IvanHoe B46fB x64              2956  17  17  1400  74%  2770  35% 

http://www.chess2u.com/t4670p60-ivanhoe

Thank you so much Kingliveson for this a great version..

+1

I concur.

[Marwan]

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[kingliveson]

I sometimes wish i wouldn't read other chess forums,but unfortunately i sometimes do

This is what KLO,thinks about me and my work of Ivanhoe

I have to mention,that i have never ever,badmouthed or said anything wrong regarding KLO that i know of.

I also want to mention,that the only reason i "borrowed" KLO's library was because i had the flew and did not have proper time ( i was lazy mostly) to do it that day.A day or 2 later,i can't quite remember,i did put out my own RobboBase Library.

There seems to be a hatred/jealousy conspiracy towards me and my Ivanhoe compiles.

I wish to bring to the attention of all green goblins or haters of me that i am nothing special,i have never written my own chess engine.BUT... i have successfully on my own without the help of others compiled each and every source of Ivanhoe since day 1 until now.I have contributed more bug fixed than anything else besides the main programmers of Ivanhoe.

I feel ashamed and depressed that things has come to this.

But like one of the clever Ippolit Wiki authors once said,well i can't exact quote,but it was something in the view of let the people write what they want on Ippolit wiki and they will give freedom and in so doing each and every persons good/bad becomes visible to everyone.So no need to delete those posts.

In this same spirit i will quote KLO from openchess forum,he posted this on 3 of April.

Just once more,please,please get it through your thick skulls that Ivanhoe DOES NOT BELONG TO me or you,I did not create it,neither did you.

To the creators of Ivanhoe,my hats off,it belongs to you.

Okay here is the quote exact of KLO,you be the judge

http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1924

KLO if you are reading this,or whatever other aliases you use,i am bitterly disappointed in you

http://immortalchess.net/forum/showpost ... count=6405

It appears that Peterpan is emotional disturbed by this thread. Well, I am sorry your feelings are hurt, but this thread was not directed at you. You ought to read it again. It was a jeer at many ignorant statements made by uninformed characters over the course of several months.

No, the reason your compile was unsuccessful was because 999946a publicly released source code was designed for Linux only and had to be ported to Windows. And the reason you were able to compile the next public release (999946e) was because that code had then been ported -- someone had to do the porting. It was not a dig, but rather pointing out an intimate knowledge. Do you understand what it means that it is not everything the right hand does, the left hand knows, or do I have to spell out ABC?

This is a bit shameful; of all people, you, accusing another person of using aliases. You were recently accused of just that, and I came to your defense. How did it make you feel, given you are quite an emotional person, that someone is putting something out there that is blatantly false? If you are going to make such silly accusation, you should accompany it with concrete facts.

I am not sure exactly what is there to be jealous about, the hatred, or who these co-conspirators are, unless you are really starting to believe the hype. Which part of my statement did you find to be false, badmouthing, or offensive? For the record, I think you've done an outstanding job keeping up and building IvanHoe. So let's calm it and take it down a notch; do not be so bitter and depressed, control your emotions, and read the thread again because this was not about you.

[Tennison]

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Games Completed = 1000 of 1000 (Avg game length = 19.520 sec)							
Settings = RR/32MB/500ms+150ms/M 1000cp for 12 moves, D 150 moves/EPD:openings.epd(4000)							
							
 1.   Houdini 1.5a    (64 bits for all)	262.5/400	186-61-153  	(L: m=22 t=3 i=0 a=36)	(D: r=62 i=33 f=30 s=2 a=26)	(tpm=134.4 d=13.2 nps=2645822)		
 2.   IvanHoe 46f         (KLO compile)	195.0/400	92-102-206  	(L: m=40 t=0 i=0 a=62)	(D: r=129 i=33 f=23 s=0 a=21)	(tpm=136.7 d=13.7 nps=2158993)		
 3.   IvanHoe .x64.VE.f    (VE compile)	146.0/400	50-158-192  	(L: m=90 t=0 i=0 a=68)	(D: r=130 i=19 f=28 s=1 a=14)	(tpm=139.4 d=13.0 nps=1266396)		
 4.   IvanHoe B46fc        (PP compile)	206.0/400	110-98-192  	(L: m=39 t=0 i=0 a=59)	(D: r=126 i=30 f=22 s=1 a=13)	(tpm=136.7 d=13.8 nps=2289278)		
 5.   IvanHoe 47c+GH       (GH compile)	190.5/400	89-108-203  	(L: m=46 t=0 i=0 a=62)	(D: r=137 i=25 f=27 s=0 a=14)	(tpm=136.5 d=13.6 nps=2246982)		

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1	Houdini 1.5a 	                XXXXXXXXXXX / 67.0 - 33.0 / 60.5 - 39.5 / 61.0 - 39.0 / 74.0 - 26.0	262.5/400
2	IvanHoe B46fc (PP compile)	33.0 - 67.0 / XXXXXXXXXXX / 49.0 - 51.0 / 58.5 - 41.5 / 65.5 - 34.5	206.0/400
3	IvanHoe 46f (KLO compile)	39.5 - 60.5 / 51.0 - 49.0 / XXXXXXXXXXX / 50.5 - 49.5 / 54.0 - 46.0	195.0/400
4	IvanHoe 47c+GH (GH compile)	39.0 - 61.0 / 41.5 - 58.5 / 49.5 - 50.5 / XXXXXXXXXXX / 60.5 - 39.5	190.5/400
5	IvanHoe .x64.VE.f (VE compile)	26.0 - 74.0 / 34.5 - 65.5 / 46.0 - 54.0 / 39.5 - 60.5 / XXXXXXXXXXX	146.0/400

The games

- First I want to say I'm not sure having the best compile for PP,VE,KLO or GH ... I just take the latest ones I find.

- Now ... What can I conclude from this test ?

1. No one compile makes at least 40% against Houdini 1.5a
2. KLO compile scores the best against Houdini.
3. KLO compile just beats PP compile by a very little margin.
4. PP compile seems the faster (even faster than GH compile).
5. PP scores the best overall the other Ivanhoe compiles ...
6. VE compile seems a little bit "light" in this test.
7. GH compile even with 47 version instead 46 for others is again a good compile.

If somebody or one of these compilers think having a better compile, please send me the link and I 'll do the same test.