Last Update: 19.09.2023

Hello Chess Friends,


As usually, I am very pleased to announce that,

Another new NNUE strength test is organized !

Btw, (for anyone missed) the previous: Results


1st of all,

This strength test is organized in the name of Naim Suleymanoglu!Frankly I couldn't find better logo about..e.g in left side, he is on the Cover of Time magazine (1988), where in right side: a chess photo,Which belongs to two Legends: Naim Suleymanoglu vs Halil MutluNote A photo taken accidentally while playing chess in their trainings..andAccording to Mutlu: Naim was good at chess, playing passionately...Btw, NNUE is close to NAIM (both names contain N and 4 letters!)Other similarity, both small in size..but checking theirs strength justFabulous, unbelievable..plus he is known also as Pocket Hercules!

Meanwhile, let Me say some more words about Naim Suleymanoglu:

He is became 3-times Olympic champion, 7-times World champion,

6-times Europe champion, plus managed to break 46 World records !!

In short  once more: A pocket Hercules passed through the world

The very sad news, legendary champion left the world too soon (age 50)

As the fella says: those whom the gods love die young, sad, but true!

On other hand, no doubt that he is one of greatest weightlifters of all time!

BIG thanks to him for feeling us proud, showing to the whole world that

One can make the dreams come true!

Note that I'm Bulgarian-born too, where latter (in 1991) I emigrated to Turkey and As another interesting coincidence that, I'm Aquarius zodiac too, I mean like himSure..we have many differences..e.g one of them he lifted three times than his Body-weight, where I assume I may lift minus plus half weight of my own body )For more info about Naim Suleymanoglu: Wikipedia / A movie on NetflixA great movie, based on true events and I highly recommend..IMDb: 8.2

Ok.. let's back to our actual chess engine strength testings results:

The Winner: SF-Poly - Congratulations to Tanick Ramz, SF team!

Sure my congratulations to all other rest authors as well, thank you!

According to current 500 games: SF Poly has no any single defeat!!

And I think here that Balsa openings are played some influence too!


Berserk 11 via 3min+1sec, the Elo difference: 65 


1 SF-Poly 220723 1m+1s  +37/-0/=163 59.25%  118.5/200

2 Berserk 11 3m+1s      +0/-37/=163 40.75%   81.5/200

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Rebel 16.2 via 7min+1sec, the Elo difference: 108    

                    

1 SF-Poly 220723 1m+1s  +30/-0/=70 65.00%   65.0/100

2 Rebel 16.2 7m+1s      +0/-30/=70 35.00%   35.0/100

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Arasan 23.4 via 15min+1sec, the Elo difference: 196 

                        

1 SF-Poly 220723 1m+1s  +51/-0/=49 75.50%   75.5/100

2 Arasan 23.4 15m+1s    +0/-51/=49 24.50%   24.5/100

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Stockfish 8 via 30min+2sec, Elo difference is again 196

                    

1 SF-Poly 220723 1m+1s  +51/-0/=49 75.50%   75.5/100

2 Stockfish 8 30m+2s    +0/-51/=49 24.50%   24.5/100

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Some Notes:

All of current strength matches are played with Ponder OFF,

And each of the played Balsa opening is repeated as twice

SF-Poly 220723 engine is played each time via 1min+1sec,

Where the rest engines are played with slower time controls..

Be aware of that for Rapid TC: 512 MB Hash is used to play..

AVX2 is used, sure where available / via move overhead 100

Overall draw percentage (based on 500 games) not high 66%


More Details:

Exc. Stockfish 8, all participated via theirs default Evalfiles

As opponents, I picked weaker ones than SF-Poly 220723

But I was quite careful, in case selecting the right players!

And if you ask Me why SF-Poly is used? simply because,

It is one of the best, strongest chess engines out there..!!

And as we see, SF-Poly broke incredible records as well!

Even playing under these disadvantage cond. did not make

Much influence..for example, based on other new Results

And after comparing...as we see, no much Elo difference...

E.g here I expected better performance by Berserk 11, e.g

Since Berserk played with 3m+1s (doubled Time Control)

E.g normally (before NNUE..) if doubling the Time Controls,

It should appear more strength..approx. 50 - 60 Elo points..

Same words are going for the rest strength testings too! and

Other example, Stockfish 8 engine is so strong...but even at

30m+2s, SF8 could not gain much from a longer time control,

So it's clear that latest SF NNUE strength is improved much!

And even under Bullet conditions...that really means a lot !!

Plus via NNUE...known TC formula does not work anymore!

As usual, you can download all the played (in PGN): GAMES


Ok.. that's all for now.. and thanks for your interest...)


 Best,Sedat