Firebird 1.0 vs Houdini 1.03a

Houdini 1.03a vs Firebird 1.0 

Preliminary test indicates that both programs are capable of beating each other. 

Rank	Engine	Score	%	Fi	Ho	S-B
1	FireBird 1.0 w32	5.0/10	50.0	· ·· ·· ·· ··	1=0=======	25.00
1	Houdini 1.03a w321CPU	5.0/10	50.0	0=1=======	· ·· ·· ·· ··	25.00

10 games played / Tournament finished

Tournament start: 2010.12.14, 21:27:36
Latest update: 2010.12.14, 23:03:21
Level: Blitz 5/0
Hardware: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 with 2,048 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
Benchmark: ArenaMark: 13.26 AM, 0.99 EF
User-interface: Arena 2.0.1 with default setting
PGN File: Download pgn file
Table created with: Arena 2.0.1

I am back... [oops maybe not completely back :) ]

I have just saw the new Houdini chess engine  homepage (http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm). It claims that "Houdini is a state-of-the-art chess engine for Windows that competes with the best commercial and free software. The current version is Houdini 1.03a (release date July 17, 2010)". The current standing of Houdini according to IPON rating list on the 13th Dec 2010  [http://www.inwoba.de/] is no.2 with an astonishing rating of 2946. I am eager to test this against the "OLD HORSES" and "ALMOST FORGOTTEN" and "CONTROVERSIAL" Robbolito's family.

CHECK BACK SOON

Latest update....

To all visitors of this blog,
Due to extreme busy, finalising my thesis, I am currently unable to update this blog..will be back in few months time...
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT

Robbolito 0.09 vs Anmon 5.60

This is how Robbloito 0.09 crushes the 2600++ rated Anmon 5.60. I guess the latest version of Anmon is Anmon 5.75 (rated 2630 according to http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404.live/index.html on the 19th Feb 2010, but haven't got this engine yet.

I forced each engines to play black and white with French Defence, advanced variation in the following starting position:

1. e4 e6

2. d4 d5

3. e5 c5

I observed that the play of Robbolito was evidently stronger in the endgame. In some games, it did not hesitate in sacrificing materials for positional motives such as for opening lines or pursuing a crushing checkmate attack.

Rank	Engine	Score	Ro	An
1	RobboLito_009_w32	5.0/5		11111
2	AnMon 5.60	0.0/5	00000

5 games played

Tournament start: 2010.02.28, 18:49:25
Latest update: 2010.02.28, 22:34:56

Time Control: Blitz 30 minutes each (no increment)
Hardware: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 with 2,048 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)

Benchmark: ArenaMark: 13.26 AM, 0.99 EF
PGN-File: Games download link
Table created with: Arena 2.0.1

My computer desk

This is the desk I use to run chess engines matches. Also in the picture are some of my original chess programs CD/DVD collection. I owned almost every vesion of Fritz but forgot where I put the rest.

Robbolito 0.09 vs Rybka 3 Dynamic in rapid match (30 minutes time control) - Update

In the last post I commented that Rybka 3 is perhaps better than Robbolito 0.09  on certain conditions. This time I forced Rybka and Robbo to play from a position in Sicilian Najdorf and take turn to play white and black pieces respectively.

1. e4 c5

2. Nf3 d6

3. d4 cxd4

4. Nxd4 Nf6

5. Nc3 a6

...play continued from this position.

The preliminary result is rather shocking. Robbo trashed Rybka without conceding any single game in 11 games ,so far.

 

Rank	Engine	Score	Ro	Ry
1	RobboLito_009_w32	10.0/11		111111=111=
2	Rybka 3 Dynamic 1-cpu w32	1.0/11	000000=000=

11 games played (so far)

Tournament start: 2010.02.22, 01:12:44
Latest update: 2010.02.22, 18:59:01

Level: Blitz 30/0 , No tablebases, Ponder off, Learning on
Hardware: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 with 2,048 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)

Benchmark: ArenaMark: 13.26 AM, 0.99 EF
PGN-File: Download link for the games    (Please note that game 1 and 9 were not counted in the above result)
Table created with: Arena 2.0.1

Robbolito 0.09 vs Rybka 3 Dynamic in rapid match (30 minutes time control)

There are reasons to believe that Rybka 3 is probably better than Robbolito 0.09 under the following conditions:

1. 30 minutes time control
2. Ponder off
3. No tablebases
4. No opening book.

The following is my latest result based on the above conditions:

Rybka 3 vs Robbo 009  2010

1    Rybka 3 Dynamic 1-cpu 32-bit         ½½½½½½½1½1    6.0/10
2    RobboLito 0.09 w32                        ½½½½½½½0½0    4.0/10

Obviously more tests are needed for a more objective evaluation but I observed that Robbo was under pressure (defending) in almost all games including when Rybka was black.  Without book knowledge, Robbo treated the opening in a very unusual way. Although I am not a strong player but I knew no super grandmaster would ever employed the following line as black in any strong tournament. This is Robbo's main weapon against e4 and lost twice to Rybka 3. (I will force the two engines play the Sicilian Najdorf in my next test).

Stockfish 1.63 vs Robbolito 0.09 : Robbo won

Robbolito 0.09 defeated Stockfish 163 with huge margin. The latest result is as follows:

Rank	Engine	Score	Ro	St
1	RobboLito_009_w32	21.0/30		1==11=01=1=1=== =11=111=1====1=
2	Stockfish-163-32-ja	9.0/30	0==00=10=0=0=== =00=000=0====0=

30 games played

Tournament start: 2010.02.16, 13:33:47
Latest update: 2010.02.16, 18:23:58

Level: Tournament Game in 5 Minutes
Hardware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz 1600 MHz with 248 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
PGN-File: Stockfish 163 vs Robbolito 0.09.pgn
Table created with: Arena 2.0.1

Robbolito 0.09 vs Firebird 1.01 14 Feb 2010: Win for Robbo

So far Robbolito 0.09 has shown impressive performances by beating Fritz 12, Rybka 3, and Firebird 1.01. Latest match with Firebird 1.01 is as follow:

Rank	Engine	Score	Ro	Fi
1	RobboLito_009_w32	32.0/60		======0========1====111====1== 11===0========1====01====0==0=
2	FireBird_101_w32	28.0/60	======1========0====000====0== 00===1========0====10====1==1=

60 games played

Tournament start: 2010.02.14, 10:11:43
Latest update: 2010.02.14, 22:21:51

Level: Blitz 5/0
Hardware: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 with 2,048 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
PGN-File: Robbolito 0.09 vs Firebird 1.01 14Feb10
Table created with: Arena 2.0.1

Chess engine match: Rybka 3 vs Robbolito 0.09

Rybka 3 lost to Robbolito 0.09 with big margin.

Rank	Engine	Score	Ro	Ry
1	RobboLito_009_w32	61.0/100		1==11=0=0===0==100=1=1=0= ==111=1====011===0=11011= 1=1=0=0=11==0===11011=011 =1111111===0=011=====111=
2	Rybka 3 1-cpu w32	39.0/100	0==00=1=1===1==011=0=0=1= ==000=0====100===1=00100= 0=0=1=1=00==1===00100=10 0=0000000===1=100=====000=

100 games played / Tournament is finished

Tournament start: 2010.02.12, 18:23:44
Latest update: 2010.02.13, 23:41:30
Level: Blitz 5/0
Hardware: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 with 2,048 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
PGN-File: Download the games here
Table created with: Arena 2.0.1

(Free) Robbolito 0.09 vs Fritz 12 (Commercial)

Without any doubt the free Robbolito 0.09 is very very far stronger than the commercial Fritz 12. Perhaps no human being will ever beat Robbo in a match forever.

Hardware:
Intel Dual Core
1.60GHz
504MB RAM
OS: Windows XP

Download free chess engines : Firebird, IvanHoe, Robbolito, Ippolit

You can download the whole Robbolito Chess Engines Family here:

Download Link: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (Size: 0.94MB in 7z format)
Password: queenchessblogspot

The file contains the following chess engines:
01. Firebird 1.0 beta
02. Firebird 1.0
03. Firebird 1.01
04. IvanHoe v73
05. IvanHoe v81
06. Robbolito 0085d4
07. Robboloto 0085e2
08. Robbolito 0085e4
09. Robbolito 0085g3
10. Robbolito 009
11. Ippolit 0080

p/s: Some said that the strongest of the above engines is FireBird 1.0 beta. It could be true because the last time I tested Firebird 1.0 vs Rybka was a draw

If you don't have 7Z program, download it here:
Download link: Free 7z compression utility

Rybka 3 vs FireBird 1.0 tied in 10minutes/10 games

Rank	Engine	Score	Fi	Ry	S-B
1	FireBird_10_w32	5.0/10	· ·· ·· ·· ··	=01=10====	25.00
1	Rybka 3 1-cpu w32	5.0/10	=10=01====	· ·· ·· ·· ··	25.00

Remarks: Ponder= ON, No opening book

10 games played

Tournament start: 2010.02.06, 00:57:01
Latest update: 2010.02.06, 03:47:30
Site/ Country: United Kingdom
Level: Blitz 10/0
Hardware: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 with 2,048 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
Download PGN-File here: Rybka 3 vs FireBird 1.0 6 Feb 2010.pgn
Table created with: Arena 2.0.1

FireBird 1.0 & 1.01 are now available

The non beta version of FireBird 1.0 is now available from the following links. Will try to test it very soon!!

downloads: (Source: cyclonechess.dot.com)

FireBird 1.0 and 1.01 are available

FireBird 1.0 w32
FireBird 1.01 w32
 (optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files)

FireBird 1.0 x64
FireBird 1.01 x64
(optimized windows 64-bit executable, logo, and readme files)

FireBird 1.0w32 no SSE2

FireBird 1.01 w32 no SSE2
(optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files) for older CPUs that don't support Intel SSE2 instruction set

Rybka 3 vs FireBird 1.0 beta : Humiliating defeat for Rybka on its turf??

   
   
I ran 10 five minutes blitz games under Aquarium 3 GUI between Rybka 3 and FireBird 1.0 beta. Click the picture to see the result.

Robbolito g3 vs FireBird 1.0 vs IvanHoe vs Rybka vs Fritz 12

Click the image to see my initial test. The FireBird is no better than Robbolito g3. Robbo did not lose a single game. Simply astonishing!!!

Settings:
No opening book,
No tablebases
Blitz 5 minutes
in Fritz 12 GUI
Hardware and OS: Intel duo core, 1.6Ghz, Windows XP

Robbolito family: Ivanhoe and Firebird

Seems that the Robbolito chess engine is expanding, perhaps horizontally through recycled-codes. Robbo appears in different names, FireBird and IvanHoe. If you like to experience them yourself, here are the download links:

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Download Links::

FireBird 1.0 beta w32
(optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files)

FireBird 1.0 beta x64
(fast windows 64-bit PGO executable compiled by peterpan!)

FireBird 1.0 beta w32 no SSE2
(optimized windows 32-bit executable - for older CPUs that don't support Intel SSE2 instruction set)

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IvanHoe v81 w32

(optimized windows 32-bit executable)
compiled  by kranium

IvanHoe v81 w32_no_SSE2
(optimized windows 32-bit executable - for older CPUs that don't support Intel SSE2 instruction set)
compiled  by kranium

IvanHoe v81 x64

(fast windows 64-bit PGO executable
compiled by bankuss)

Latest RobboLito 0.09 beta is available!!

There is RobboLito 0.09. I heard that this is a beta version. Tested it on Arena GUI and works but got no clue how strong is it compared to older version.

You can download it from the following link:

RobboLito 0.09 link
Password is: queenchess

Got to put password because it hasn't released officially by the author.

Rybka 3 vs Robbolito g3 : slim win for the latest Robbo

Rank	Engine	Score	Ro	Ry
1	RobboLito_0085g3_w32	5.5/10	· ·· ·· ·· ··	==0==101=1
2	Rybka 3 1-cpu w32	4.5/10	==1==010=0	· ·· ·· ·· ··

10 games played

Tournament start: 2010.01.03, 19:59:23
Latest update: 2010.01.03, 21:38:56
Site/ Country: United Kingdom
Level: Blitz 5/0
Hardware: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 with 2,048 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)

PGN-File: Rybka 3 vs Robbolito g3.pgn
Table created with: Arena 2.0.1