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Hartmut
The Problem is, that the old Rebel Century has no NNUE, while Stockfish 17 has. Therefore the Test seems to be a little unfair. I'd like to know how the result had been, if NNUE is not activated or if it were an older version of stockfish. Just my 2 cent...
Hi Hartmut,
this test aimed at showing what the evolution of software has been across 25 years, 2000 to 2025. Hence SF 17 during this test was the latest dev version (nov. 25). Indeed using NNUE.
Castrating SF of NNUE would have been irrelevant. NNUE is not a problem, it is current software technology. And shy attempt to fairness was the 1000:1 time odds in favor of Rebel Century. Unfair? Nope. Yet definitely not enough for the year 2000 Rebel to survive the match. Hence a clear illustration for the breakthrough chess software achieved - NNUE being a large step forward, I agree.
By the way, reading that you expected more information, there is a link in my above post. Maybe you missed it. (look for: 'source').
MfG,
Eric
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