Stockfish Development Versions are build automatically if there are changes on the master branch in the git repository (https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish). Use it at your own risk.
They are compiled with gcc 11.2/mingw 10 on Ubuntu 22.04.

Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Sun Jul 16 22:27:13 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689539233

Switch to macos 13 for CI

allows for building x86-64-avx2 and x86-64-bmi2 binaries for mac

install coreutils
show hardware capabilities as seen by the compilers
move some tests from sse41 to avx2 as platforms support it

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4692

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Sun Jul 16 17:47:25 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689522445

Deprecate the x86-64-modern arch

Explicitly describe the architecture as deprecated,
it remains available as its current alias x86-64-sse41-popcnt

CPUs that support just this instruction set are now years old,
any few years old Intel or AMD CPU supports x86-64-avx2. However,
naming things 'modern' doesn't age well, so instead use explicit names.

Adjust CI accordingly. Wiki, fishtest, downloader done as well.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4691

No functional change.
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Michael Chaly
Date: Sun Jul 16 15:18:41 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689513521

Remove improvement variable

No longer used in a meaningful way.
Improve comments.

Closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4688

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: maxim
Date: Sun Jul 16 15:16:14 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689513374

Remove pawnKey from StateInfo

Remove pawnKey since it is not used anymore.

Passed Non-regression STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64b023110cdec37b9573265c
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 334848 W: 85440 L: 85545 D: 163863 Elo -0.11
Ptnml(0-2): 1134, 38101, 89075, 37964, 1150

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4687

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Sun Jul 16 15:14:50 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689513290

Consolidate to centipawns conversion

avoid doing this calculations in multiple places.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4686

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Sun Jul 16 15:13:24 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689513204

Remove some CI parts not yet working

downgrading compiler didn't work for windows build. Stick to gcc 13 for now.
Windows x86-32 not a 32bit binary, remove.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4685

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: AndrovT
Date: Sun Jul 16 15:12:21 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689513141

remove large input specialization

Removes unused large input specialization for dense affine transform. It has been obsolete since #4612 was merged.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4684

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Linmiao Xu
Date: Sat Jul 15 09:16:09 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689405369

Reintroduce nnue eval pawn count multipliers again

With separate multipliers for nnue eval and optimism scaling.
This patch used 4 out of 7 params tuned with spsa at 30+0.3
using this tuning config:

Value LazyThreshold1 = Value(3622);
Value LazyThreshold2 = Value(1962);
int psqThresh = 2048;
int nnueNpmBase = 945;
int nnuePcMult = 0;
int optNpmBase = 150;
int optPcMult = 0;
TUNE(SetRange(3322, 3922), LazyThreshold1);
TUNE(SetRange(1662, 2262), LazyThreshold2);
TUNE(SetRange(1748, 2348), psqThresh);
TUNE(SetRange(745, 1145), nnueNpmBase);
TUNE(SetRange(-16, 16), nnuePcMult);
TUNE(SetRange(0, 300), optNpmBase);
TUNE(SetRange(-16, 16), optPcMult);

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64a5a9b402cd07745c60ed07
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 173632 W: 44417 L: 43903 D: 85312 Elo +1.03
Ptnml(0-2): 547, 20025, 45068, 20719, 457

Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64a972a302cd07745c6136af
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 277644 W: 70955 L: 70147 D: 136542 Elo +1.01
Ptnml(0-2): 193, 29902, 77787, 30784, 156

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4681

bench 1556301
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Sat Jul 15 09:15:16 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689405316

Build and test more binaries in CI

use a fixed compiler on Linux and Windows (right now gcc 11).
build avxvnni on Windows (Linux needs updated core utils)
build x86-32 on Linux (Windows needs other mingw)
fix a Makefile issue where a failed PGOBENCH would not stop the build
reuse the WINE_PATH for SDE as we do for QEMU
use WINE_PATH variable also for the signature
verify the bench for each of the binaries
do not build x86-64-avx2 on macos

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4682

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: FauziAkram
Date: Sat Jul 15 09:13:02 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689405182

Use more expressive names for bonus1 and bonus2

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4683

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Thu Jul 13 08:21:17 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689229277

Generate binaries for more advanced architectures

use intel's Software Development Emulator (SDE) in the actions that build the binaries.
This allows for building on Windows and Linux binaries for
- x86-64-avx512
- x86-64-vnni256
- x86-64-vnni512

(x86-64-avxvnni needs more recent gcc in the actions)

also build x86-64-avx2 on macos.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4679

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: mstembera
Date: Thu Jul 13 08:20:33 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689229233

More simplifications and cleanup in affine_transform_sparse_input.h

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4677

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Sebastian Buchwald
Date: Thu Jul 13 08:19:37 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689229177

Cleanup code after removal of classical evaluation

This includes the following changes:
- Remove declaration of removed global variable
- Adapt string that mentions removed UCI option

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4675

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Tue Jul 11 22:56:49 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689109009

Remove classical evaluation

since the introduction of NNUE (first released with Stockfish 12), we
have maintained the classical evaluation as part of SF in frozen form.
The idea that this code could lead to further inputs to the NN or
search did not materialize. Now, after five releases, this PR removes
the classical evaluation from SF. Even though this evaluation is
probably the best of its class, it has become unimportant for the
engine's strength, and there is little need to maintain this
code (roughly 25% of SF) going forward, or to expend resources on
trying to improve its integration in the NNUE eval.

Indeed, it had still a very limited use in the current SF, namely
for the evaluation of positions that are nearly decided based on
material difference, where the speed of the classical evaluation
outweights its inaccuracies. This impact on strength is small,
roughly 2Elo, and probably decreasing in importance as the TC grows.

Potentially, removal of this code could lead to the development of
techniques to have faster, but less accurate NN evaluation,
for certain positions.

STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64a320173ee09aa549c52157
Elo: -2.35 ± 1.1 (95%) LOS: 0.0%
Total: 100000 W: 24916 L: 25592 D: 49492 Elo -2.35
Ptnml(0-2): 287, 12123, 25841, 11477, 272
nElo: -4.62 ± 2.2 (95%) PairsRatio: 0.95

LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64a320293ee09aa549c5215b
Elo: -1.74 ± 1.0 (95%) LOS: 0.0%
Total: 100000 W: 25010 L: 25512 D: 49478 Elo -1.74
Ptnml(0-2): 44, 11069, 28270, 10579, 38
nElo: -3.72 ± 2.2 (95%) PairsRatio: 0.96

VLTC SMP
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64a3207c3ee09aa549c52168
Elo: -1.70 ± 0.9 (95%) LOS: 0.0%
Total: 100000 W: 25673 L: 26162 D: 48165 Elo -1.70
Ptnml(0-2): 8, 9455, 31569, 8954, 14
nElo: -3.95 ± 2.2 (95%) PairsRatio: 0.95

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4674

Bench: 1444646
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Muzhen Gaming
Date: Tue Jul 11 22:55:00 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689108900

Simplify PvNode reduction

Simplification STC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64a415803ee09aa549c539c3
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 37856 W: 9719 L: 9504 D: 18633 Elo +1.97
Ptnml(0-2): 98, 4277, 9977, 4464, 112

Simplification LTC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64a5ffe202cd07745c60f360
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 55878 W: 14323 L: 14138 D: 27417 Elo +1.15
Ptnml(0-2): 21, 5993, 15732, 6166, 27

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4673

Bench: 2604965
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Tue Jul 11 22:53:15 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1689108795

Fix CI output

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4669

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Linmiao Xu
Date: Thu Jul 6 23:03:58 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1688677438

Update default net to nn-c38c3d8d3920.nnue

This was a later epoch from the same experiment that led to the
previous master net. After training, it was prepared the same way:

1. greedy permuting L1 weights with https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4620
2. leb128 compression with https://github.com/glinscott/nnue-pytorch/pull/251
3. greedy 2- and 3- cycle permuting with https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4640

Local elo at 25k nodes per move (vs. L1-1536 nn-fdc1d0fe6455.nnue):
nn-epoch739.nnue : 20.2 +/- 1.7

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64a050b33ee09aa549c4e4c8
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 195552 W: 49977 L: 49430 D: 96145 Elo +0.97
Ptnml(0-2): 556, 22775, 50607, 23242, 596

Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64a127bd3ee09aa549c4f60c
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 235452 W: 60327 L: 59609 D: 115516 Elo +1.06
Ptnml(0-2): 119, 25173, 66426, 25887, 121

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4666

bench 2427629
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Thu Jul 6 23:03:16 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1688677396

Add armv8-dotprod to CI binaries

also generate binaries for more recent Android hardware.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4663

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: mstembera
Date: Thu Jul 6 23:02:11 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1688677331

Simplify away lookup_count.

https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64a3c1a93ee09aa549c53167
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 32832 W: 8497 L: 8280 D: 16055 Elo +2.30
Ptnml(0-2): 80, 3544, 8967, 3729, 96

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4662

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Thu Jul 6 23:01:27 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1688677287

Revise extract bench from git log in CI

order commits differently

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4668

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: ppigazzini
Date: Mon Jul 3 20:17:14 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1688408234

Remove leftover braces for if conditional in CI

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4660

No functional change
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Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: ppigazzini
Date: Mon Jul 3 19:07:06 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1688404026

Extract bench according to wiki instructions

- loop through the commits starting from the latest one
- read the bench value from the last match, if any, of the template
in the commit body text

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4627

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: rn5f107s2
Date: Mon Jul 3 18:54:22 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1688403262

simplified gives check castling

tested verifying perft and bench is unchanged
on a larger set of epds for both standard and FRC chess.

Passed non-regression STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/live_elo/648587be65ffe077ca123d78
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 153632 W: 41015 L: 40928 D: 71689 Elo +0.20
Ptnml(0-2): 377, 16077, 43816, 16174, 372

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4628

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: FauziAkram
Date: Mon Jul 3 18:38:41 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1688402321

Improving grammar and readability of comments

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4643

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Muzhen Gaming
Date: Mon Jul 3 18:33:27 2023 +0200
Timestamp: 1688402007

Simplify score improvement reduction

Reduce depth by 2 based on score improvement, only for depths 3 to 11.

Simplification STC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64929a53dc7002ce609c7807
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 238912 W: 63466 L: 63468 D: 111978 Elo -0.00
Ptnml(0-2): 564, 26262, 65805, 26262, 563

Simplification LTC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/64942e47dc7002ce609c9e07
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 64452 W: 17485 L: 17320 D: 29647 Elo +0.89
Ptnml(0-2): 19, 6161, 19706, 6316, 24

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4637

Bench: 2740142
see source

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