MACE-Kraken-v1

Strength Benchmark

MACE-Kraken-v1 shows a large and consistent strength gain over MagnusChess. Both STC and LTC testing indicate an advantage of roughly 80–90 Elo.

STC Result

MACE-Kraken-v1 vs MagnusChess

Results of MACE-Kraken-v1 vs MagnusChess (10+0.1, 1t, 128MB, UHO_4060_v4.epd):
Elo: 83.58 +/- 27.32, nElo: 120.91 +/- 37.95
LOS: 100.00 %, DrawRatio: 34.16 %, PairsRatio: 3.61
Games: 322, Wins: 131, Losses: 55, Draws: 136, Points: 199.0 (61.80 %)
Ptnml(0-2): [5, 18, 55, 62, 21], WL/DD Ratio: 0.96

LTC Result

MACE-Kraken-v1 vs MagnusChess

Results of MACE-Kraken-v1 vs MagnusChess (40+0.4, 1t, 128MB, UHO_4060_v4.epd):
Elo: 90.01 +/- 29.25, nElo: 181.80 +/- 56.36
LOS: 100.00 %, DrawRatio: 39.73 %, PairsRatio: 7.80
Games: 146, Wins: 56, Losses: 19, Draws: 71, Points: 91.5 (62.67 %)
Ptnml(0-2): [0, 5, 29, 36, 3], WL/DD Ratio: 0.93

External Rating Anchor

RukChess 4.2.0 is used as an additional external reference.

Results of MagXTK-14SM1 vs RukChess 4.2.0 (10+0.1, 1t, 128MB, UHO_4060_v4.epd):
Elo: 50.22 +/- 21.70, nElo: 64.26 +/- 27.35
LOS: 100.00 %, DrawRatio: 39.03 %, PairsRatio: 2.05
Games: 620, Wins: 266, Losses: 177, Draws: 177, Points: 354.5 (57.18 %)
Ptnml(0-2): [23, 39, 121, 80, 47], WL/DD Ratio: 3.17

The STC and LTC results are closely aligned, indicating that the strength gain remains stable as the time control increases. The RukChess result provides an independent external reference for the strength of the engine line.

Support

Windows XP and later are considered supported at the toolchain/runtime level; actual availability depends on the selected build profile and CPU instruction-set support.

What's Changed

• IMP search & fix bug by @TMagnusN in #1
• Dev by @TMagnusN in #2
• Dev by @TMagnusN in #3

New Contributors

• @TMagnusN made their first contribution in #1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/TMagnusN/MagnusChessX/commits/v0.0.1