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| − | With the advent of [[NNUE]] in summer 2020, Vivien Clauzon released Minic '''2.47''' aka '''MinicNNUE''' with [[Stockfish NNUE|Stockfish's NNUE]] [[Neural Networks|network]] architecture and weight files, yielding in a [[Playing Strength|strength]] increase of about 200 Elo versus Minic with standard evaluation, but the demand that this NNUE version should not replace Minic in official [[Engine Rating Lists|rating lists]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=73521&start=59 Re: Minic version 2] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], August 08, 2020</ref>. Minic '''2.50''' | + | With the advent of [[NNUE]] in summer 2020, Vivien Clauzon released Minic '''2.47''' aka '''MinicNNUE''' with [[Stockfish NNUE|Stockfish's NNUE]] [[Neural Networks|network]] architecture and weight files, yielding in a [[Playing Strength|strength]] increase of about 200 Elo versus Minic with standard evaluation, but the demand that this NNUE version should not replace Minic in official [[Engine Rating Lists|rating lists]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=73521&start=59 Re: Minic version 2] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], August 08, 2020</ref>. Minic '''2.50''' incorporated the training code from [[Hisayori Noda|Nodchip's]] Stockfish repository, so MinicNNUE was able to produce weight files by its own play <ref>[https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Minic/blob/master/README.md#nnue-from-stockfish Minic/README.md at master · tryingsomestuff/Minic · GitHub - NNUE (from Stockfish)]</ref>. |
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| + | Minic '''3''', released on November 03, 2020, detached the [[Stockfish NNUE]] dependency, and came with an own [[NNUE]] implementation adopted from the [[Seer]] engine by [[Connor McMonigle]], which allows to easily change the net architecture and to apply engine-independent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyTorch PyTorch] training code <ref> [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=75665 Minic version 3] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], November 03, 2020</ref>. | ||
=See also= | =See also= | ||
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| + | ==2018 ...== | ||
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68701 A complete 2000 lines of code engine] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], October 20, 2018 | * [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68701 A complete 2000 lines of code engine] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], October 20, 2018 | ||
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=70052 Asus tuf z390 + core i7 9700k] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2019 | * [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=70052 Asus tuf z390 + core i7 9700k] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2019 | ||
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=71325 Feature score use in search] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], July 20, 2019 | * [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=71325 Feature score use in search] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], July 20, 2019 | ||
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=72285 Minic raw speed] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], November 09, 2019 | * [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=72285 Minic raw speed] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], November 09, 2019 | ||
| + | ==2020 ...== | ||
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=73521 Minic version 2] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], March 31, 2020 | * [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=73521 Minic version 2] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], March 31, 2020 | ||
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=73521&start=59 Re: Minic version 2] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], August 08, 2020 » [[NNUE]] | : [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=73521&start=59 Re: Minic version 2] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], August 08, 2020 » [[NNUE]] | ||
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=75393 Black crushing white, weird ?] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], October 14, 2020 » [[NNUE]] | * [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=75393 Black crushing white, weird ?] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], October 14, 2020 » [[NNUE]] | ||
| + | * [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=75665 Minic version 3] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], November 03, 2020 | ||
=External Links= | =External Links= | ||
Revision as of 23:09, 3 November 2020
Minic,
a Chess Engine Communication Protocol compliant open source chess engine by Vivien Clauzon, initially squashed inside a single C++ source file licensed under the GPL v3.0.
As a weekend project, it started as 2000 lines of code mailbox approach using PVS with TT, NMP, LMP and eval based on psts, and evolved to a bitboard engine using HQ, lazy SMP, and Texel tuning to optimize its tapered eval [1].
Contents
MinicNNUE
With the advent of NNUE in summer 2020, Vivien Clauzon released Minic 2.47 aka MinicNNUE with Stockfish's NNUE network architecture and weight files, yielding in a strength increase of about 200 Elo versus Minic with standard evaluation, but the demand that this NNUE version should not replace Minic in official rating lists [2]. Minic 2.50 incorporated the training code from Nodchip's Stockfish repository, so MinicNNUE was able to produce weight files by its own play [3].
Minic 3
Minic 3, released on November 03, 2020, detached the Stockfish NNUE dependency, and came with an own NNUE implementation adopted from the Seer engine by Connor McMonigle, which allows to easily change the net architecture and to apply engine-independent PyTorch training code [4].
See also
Forum Posts
2018 ...
- A complete 2000 lines of code engine by Vivien Clauzon, CCC, October 20, 2018
- Asus tuf z390 + core i7 9700k by Vivien Clauzon, CCC, February 28, 2019
- Feature score use in search by Vivien Clauzon, CCC, July 20, 2019
- Minic raw speed by Vivien Clauzon, CCC, November 09, 2019
2020 ...
- Minic version 2 by Vivien Clauzon, CCC, March 31, 2020
- Re: Minic version 2 by Vivien Clauzon, CCC, August 08, 2020 » NNUE
- Black crushing white, weird ? by Vivien Clauzon, CCC, October 14, 2020 » NNUE
- Minic version 3 by Vivien Clauzon, CCC, November 03, 2020
