Martin ThoresenThe first TCEC event was broadcasted in the summer of 2010. Even more interesting perhaps was that Houdini showed almost frightening human chess, by playing positional pawn sacrifices in many games. In a recent, forty-game match between these two engines, Houdini won with a score of 23.5-16.5. aliens, which active player would it be? You can pick different active players for the white and black side, if you feel it necessary.Houdini.Īnd it looks like the latest version of Houdini is even stronger than the latest version of Rybka. Russianchessfan: If you had to pick one player to represent earth in a chess game vs.
In his recent Crestbook interview, top GM Peter Svidler agreed:
Whatever its origin, one cannot deny that Houdini is a terribly strong chess engine. Although they have only tested version 1.5 with 1 core, let's compare it to Rybka with 1 core:Houdini 1.5 圆4 1CPU 3254 (2300 games) Martin Thoresen wrote to us: Just a note though: CEGT is now testing Houdini. Without many ideas from the open source chess engines Ippolit/Robbolito, Stockfish and Crafty, Houdini would not nearly be as strong as it is now. Houdart admits the influence of other engines on the Houdini website: For example, it doesn't appear on the rating lists of the Computer Chess Rating List (CCRL) or the Chess Engines Grand Tournament (CEGT) due to possible derivation from the Ippolit series, allegedly plagiarized from Rybka. Houdini has been the subject of controversy as well. On the other hand Houdini will often use razor-sharp tactics to deny its opponents escape routes when it has the better position. The choice of the name, after the famous magician and escapologist, is explained by programmer Houdart on the Houdini website: The name Houdini was chosen because of the engine's positionaly style, its tenacity in difficult positions and its ability to defend stubbornly and escape with a draw – sometimes by the narrowest of margins.
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the programmer's source code is not available), but free to use for non-commercial purposes. Many experts believed that programmer Rajlich had managed to incorporate the best aspects of other existing engines, and had again created the strongest engine around.Coincidentally in the same month Robert Houdart's Houdini saw its first release - the first stable release appeared on January 15th, 2011. More importantly, many of these engines are open source and so don't cost a dime.Shortly after Arne wrote his piece, in May 2010, version no. Several new engines have appeared on the scene, and we hear names such as Firebird and Stockfish. But, as Arne noted in his March 2010 piece, things are much more complicated these days. Eventually, in July 2008, Chessbase had to admit that Fritz wasn't the strongest anymore, and started selling Rybka.With one engine clearly standing out, the chess fan's life was easy. Then, around 2005, Vasik Rajlich's Rybka started to rule the chess engine scene like Kasparov had done in regular chess. Then, when top GMs analyzed their games for a chess magazine, sometimes they would mention other engines, like Shredder, Hiarcs or Junior. Organizer Martin Thoresen: "I think open source is the way of the future."For years and years it was Fritz. The match lasted forty games and the final score was 23.5-16.5.
In what could be loosely described as the unofficial world championship of chess engines, free chess engine Houdini beat commercial engine Rybka.
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