White couldn't avoid losing a piece 7 moves later. Houdini (Black) is three pawns down but has very active pieces and White's king is exposed. Improved search and evaluation (+50 Elo), Tactical Mode, Scorpio bitbases, accelerated Principal Variation Search 'Smart Fail-High', optimized hash usage. UCI_Elo and UCI_LimitStrength options as UCI standard-compliant alternative to Strength option. FiftyMoveDistance option to make the 50-move rule kick in earlier. MultiPV_cp option to limit multi-PV analysis to moves within a range of the best move. Maintenance update with minor bug corrections and new analysis options. Maintenance update with minor bug corrections and Nalimov EGTB support.
Save hash to file, load hash from file, never clear hash. Houdini Pro version for high-end users with powerful hardware (multi-core support). Improved analysis capabilities, enhanced search and evaluation. Maintenance update with work-arounds for Fritz GUI and other minor improvements.įirst commercial release. Multi-PV, searchmove and large page support. According to Robert Houdart, Houdini's advantage against other top engines is in its handling of piece mobility, which is why it 'favors aggressive play that tries to win the game'. You can certainly look forward to using this latest version of the true wizard among the chess programs!Ĭhess commentator and video annotator CM Tryfon Gavriel compared Houdini's playing style to that of the Romantic Era of chess, where an attacking, sacrificial style was predominant. Despite all the detailed technical improvements, Houdini has kept its creative and imaginative style of play, and where other programs see no future or are locked into a draw, Houdini delivers surprise after surprise with hidden resources. In addition, 'Tactical mode' can now also be assigned an exact number of threads, giving you additional flexibility. The enhanced 'Tactical mode' transforms Houdini 6 into the most ingenious position solver of all time and improves again on the records held by previous versions in tactical benchmark tests. Houdini 6 delivers particularly exceptional results on systems with a large number of CPUs, and can run up to 128 threads on high-end hardware. With Houdini 6, you not only gain in terms of computing power, but also in terms of time! The new engine delivers better performance even if you only let it calculate for half as long as the previous version! Houdini 6 has been put to the test in various areas and thoroughly refined in all the right places: position evaluation, search, time management and use of the endgame tablebases have been improved, as has parallel processing. Houdini 6 continues where its predecessor left off, and adds solid 60 Elo points to this formidable engine, once again making Houdini the strongest chess program currently available on the market.
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