Vitruvius 084b is available

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:46 am by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:46 am by

Vitruvius 084b
http://www.mediafire.com/?dz4g5mgi1c9nex1

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:14 am by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:14 am by

Wow very weird results, this engine draws with Rybka but beats Deep Saros? question

And I thought Deep Saros was better than Rybka, meh...

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:40 am by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:40 am by

No Vitruvius version does run on GUI Fritz 12, but they run very well (and they are very strong) on F11/CB. Why ?

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:47 am by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:47 am by

Ooo, I always enjoy the more aggressive human like engines ... I'll have to post up some results from this round of testing. Thanks for posting exclaim

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:44 pm by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:44 pm by

dear, Carotinho, will be that it would be possible, in their next version, put the item (send curr movie), I think the program is beautiful, elegant and may say complete ... I'm just asking this, someone who loves chess.. big hug Marcos exclaim

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:33 pm by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:33 pm by

Carotino, if you take requests, it would be really nice if you could add gaviotabase access in the next version? smile

I'm probably not the only one who has downloaded the entire gaviota base to use with Houdini, but is reluctant to put in the same effort for all the files of the robbobases too... :sm014:

Anyway, Vitruvius is on the way to become my favourite engine! exclaim

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:10 pm by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:10 pm by

@mcdiniz: Yes, it's possible. I'll do it in the next version.

@Citizen13: Thanks for the encouragement and for your precious suggestions! :)

Slowly, the engine begins to play like I want to ... But there is still much work to do!

Carotino.

P.S. By the way, someone has a helmet I can borrow? Are falling fragments of NASA satellite "UARS", and one of the possible areas of impact is my town... biggrin

Brrr...

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:30 pm by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:30 pm by

Thanks Carotino. is Vitruvius 084b a strength increase or just a bugfix ?

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:46 pm by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:46 pm by

There is a slight speed increase (50 Knode/sec, on a medium QuadCores) and a better balance in the positional evaluation functions. In theory, it should be a little stronger...

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:59 pm by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:59 pm by

@Carotino wrote:There is a slight speed increase (50 Knode/sec, on a medium QuadCores) and a better balance in the positional evaluation functions. In theory, it should be a little stronger...

Good!

@Carotino wrote:

P.S. By the way, someone has a helmet I can borrow? Are falling fragments of NASA satellite "UARS", and one of the possible areas of impact is my town...

Brrr...

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:03 pm by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:03 pm by

Carotino

I`ve been using Vitruvius 0.83b vs Houdini 2.0 in my ongoing corr games for some time now. I have to say I`m very pleased with your engine! I think your (Vitruvius) sacrifice-settings are just remarkable. No other engine seems to understand the style, not even Houdini 2.0. It`s something special. The other engines underestimates it, or something...

And if now 0.84b is even better, well... What to say :sm017:

I`m sorry I can`t post the games because I`m taking part of an ongoing tournament. But for your information it`s "fixed depth"-matches i`m refering to; Vitruvis 25/26 depth, vs Houdini 24/25 depth.

Anyways. Thanks, and keep up the good work :-)

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:06 pm by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:06 pm by

Thx farbrorsniff... But the increase in chess-strength is small.

Andres... It's fantastic, my pumpkin is saved! bigsmile

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:08 pm by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:08 pm by

@Carotino wrote:
Andres... It's fantastic, my pumpkin is saved!

on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:20 pm by · on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:20 pm by

Vitruvius 084b x64 vs. Critter 1.2 x64 Match is underway
Time Control: 3 Minutes
The result will come soon.

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:32 am by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:32 am by

@Vladimir wrote:Vitruvius 084b x64 vs. Critter 1.2 x64 Match is underway
Time Control: 3 Minutes
The result will come soon.

Very bad result.
http://www.chess2u.com/t4220-critter-12-64-bit-vs-vitruvius-084b-x64

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:32 pm by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:32 pm by

Carotino

Hi again.
Unfortunaly I have a minor problem to report, regarding this 0.84b-version. I use fritz 12 interference (GUI), and this new version don`t seem to use all cores on my PC. When running a "fixed-depth match" between engines, it only show "1 CPU", even though I use your default setting with "Mult-thread". Also I`ve tried to unclick the "Conservative"-optinon, but that didnt help either.

But. When I run a processor-scan, it shows that the processor are using 96-98% of its capasity whil running, wich is perfectly normal. question

So... I`m a bit confused. Specially since the 0.83b-version showed "4 CPUs" while running the same fixed-depth match...

Don`t mean to bother you, though...

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:37 pm by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:37 pm by

Citizen13, Please post in the correct section.
your test moved to Tournaments, Matches, Tests, Rating lists Room
http://www.chess2u.com/t4223-vitruvius-084b-tests

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:36 pm by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:36 pm by

@Vladimir wrote:
@Vladimir wrote:Vitruvius 084b x64 vs. Critter 1.2 x64 Match is underway
Time Control: 3 Minutes
The result will come soon.
Very bad result.
http://www.chess2u.com/t4220-critter-12-64-bit-vs-vitruvius-084b-x64

3m+0s is no test of an engine made for longer games. They're about level in 3m+6s, for example.

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:54 pm by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:54 pm by

@Citizen13 wrote:
@Vladimir wrote:
@Vladimir wrote:Vitruvius 084b x64 vs. Critter 1.2 x64 Match is underway
Time Control: 3 Minutes
The result will come soon.
Very bad result.
http://www.chess2u.com/t4220-critter-12-64-bit-vs-vitruvius-084b-x64

3m+0s is no test of an engine made for longer games. They're about level in 3m+6s, for example.

Agreed!
Any match between engines WITHOUT any kind of increment is rather pointless, isn`t it? I mean, if you let the engines depth run deeper, its bound to "change its mind". So if you run a (for example) 3 + 0 match, the only thing you know is that the games are not trustworthy...

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:02 pm by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:02 pm by

Vitruvius is a very weak engine

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:03 pm by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:03 pm by

@Chan wrote:Vitruvius is a very weak engine

Haha..
Based on what evidence..?

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:16 pm by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:16 pm by

@robbolito wrote:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 Q- 960 3.20 GHz8x @ 4.00 GHz 18.00 MB Memory
Windows 7 Professional Professional (Build 7600)
Fritz Benchmarks:
Speed: 24.89
KNS: 11946
GUI: CB Rybka 3
Hash: 1024
Book: Perfect 2011 -10 moves
TB: ON
Ponder: OFF
Blitz:5' 0

Code:
1 IvanHoe 0B.09.17 x64 3190 +12/-5/=23 58.75% 23.5/40 2 Vitruvius 0.84b.x64 3190 +5/-12/=23 41.25% 16.5/40

http://www.chess2u.com/t4219-ivanhoe-0b0917-tests#24255

@Vladimir wrote:
Code:
1 Critter 1.2 x64 +85 +36/=52/-12 62.00% 62.0/100 2 Vitruvius 0.84b x64 -85 +12/=52/-36 38.00% 38.0/100
Time Control: 3 Minutes
PGN: http://www.mediafire.com/?2uetapsi62m0g0t

http://www.chess2u.com/t4220-critter-12-64-bit-vs-vitruvius-084b-x64#24257

and i've seen this also on different forums

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:22 pm by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:22 pm by

@Chan wrote:
@robbolito wrote:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 Q- 960 3.20 GHz8x @ 4.00 GHz 18.00 MB Memory
Windows 7 Professional Professional (Build 7600)
Fritz Benchmarks:
Speed: 24.89
KNS: 11946
GUI: CB Rybka 3
Hash: 1024
Book: Perfect 2011 -10 moves
TB: ON
Ponder: OFF
Blitz:5' 0

Code:
1 IvanHoe 0B.09.17 x64 3190 +12/-5/=23 58.75% 23.5/40 2 Vitruvius 0.84b.x64 3190 +5/-12/=23 41.25% 16.5/40
http://www.chess2u.com/t4219-ivanhoe-0b0917-tests#24255

@Vladimir wrote:
Code:
1 Critter 1.2 x64 +85 +36/=52/-12 62.00% 62.0/100 2 Vitruvius 0.84b x64 -85 +12/=52/-36 38.00% 38.0/100
Time Control: 3 Minutes
PGN: http://www.mediafire.com/?2uetapsi62m0g0t
http://www.chess2u.com/t4220-critter-12-64-bit-vs-vitruvius-084b-x64#24257

and i've seen this also on different forums

Okay.
Based on this evidence I think it would be more to the point, or proper, to call Vitruvius a BAD BLITZ ENGINE. In longer games it is holding up perfectly well even against Houdini 2.0.

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:49 pm by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:49 pm by

when vitruvius multi cores x 64 bits? good engine with only 1 cpu

on Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:18 pm by · on Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:18 pm by

@farbrorsniff wrote:Carotino

Hi again.
Unfortunaly I have a minor problem to report, regarding this 0.84b-version. I use fritz 12 interference (GUI), and this new version don`t seem to use all cores on my PC. When running a "fixed-depth match" between engines, it only show "1 CPU", even though I use your default setting with "Mult-thread". Also I`ve tried to unclick the "Conservative"-optinon, but that didnt help either.

But. When I run a processor-scan, it shows that the processor are using 96-98% of its capasity whil running, wich is perfectly normal. So... I`m a bit confused. Specially since the 0.83b-version showed "4 CPUs" while running the same fixed-depth match...

Don`t mean to bother you, though...

Just wondered; Carotino, are you still with us?
Please let me know..