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.

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Author: Niklas Fiekas
Date: Wed Jun 24 21:59:57 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1593028797

Support ARCH=armv8 in Makefile (#2355)

Tested with bench run after compiling with

- g++ (Debian 6.3.0-18+deb9u1) 6.3.0 20170516
- clang version 3.8.1-24

on ThunderX CN8890.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2760

fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2355

No functional change.
see source
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Author: Vizvezdenec
Date: Wed Jun 24 21:56:11 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1593028571

Do less futility pruning for captures.

The idea of this patch is that if capture can be described as
"less valuable piece takes more valuable piece" it's not really correct
to add only piece value of captured piece to static evaluation
since there can be more threats in other places and opponent can't really
do much but recapture our capturing piece which leaves us space for
more captures thus winning more material and increasing static eval.

passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ef0167b122d6514328d760f
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 24736 W: 4838 L: 4607 D: 15291 Elo +3.24
Ptnml(0-2): 438, 2812, 5648, 3021, 449

passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ef073bc122d6514328d7693
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 46152 W: 5865 L: 5567 D: 34720 Elo +2.24
Ptnml(0-2): 312, 4160, 13886, 4354, 364

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2761

bench 4789930
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Author: FauziAkram
Date: Mon Jun 22 12:47:14 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1592822834

Introduce bonus for queen infiltration

Idea is that queen feels much better when it can't be kicked away now
or later by pawn moves, especially in endgame. Special thanks to
Linmiao Xu for the original idea of this patch.

passed STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 84008 W: 16271 L: 15958 D: 51779 Elo +1.29
Ptnml(0-2): 1476, 9688, 19420, 9887, 1533
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5eee7ca0447c5b640047a439

passed LTC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 11720 W: 1522 L: 1328 D: 8870 Elo +5.75
Ptnml(0-2): 52, 1021, 3574, 1107, 106
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5eefc588122d6514328d75f9

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2759

Bench: 4471740
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Author: protonspring
Date: Sun Jun 21 15:39:00 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1592746740

Make endgames consistent

Changes variable names and occasionally consolidated variable declarations.
Piece squares are consistently prefixed with "weak" or "strong."

passed STC
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 29008 W: 5532 L: 5416 D: 18060 Elo +1.39
Ptnml(0-2): 355, 2983, 7723, 3077, 366
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5eea88d3563bc7aa75600689

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2752

No functional change
see source
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Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Sun Jun 21 15:22:20 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1592745740

small cleanups

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2695

No functional change
see source
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Author: Vizvezdenec
Date: Wed Jun 17 07:41:59 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1592372519

More reduction for evading pawn moves.

pawn moves are irreversable unlike other evading moves; pawn is the least valuable piece in the game.
So it makes a lot of sence to assume that evading pawn moves are on average not as good as other evading moves thus can be reduced more.

Passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee9602e563bc7aa756002dc
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 94176 W: 17993 L: 17668 D: 58515 Elo +1.20
Ptnml(0-2): 1634, 10742, 21989, 11111, 1612

Passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee97342563bc7aa75600301
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 20432 W: 2572 L: 2354 D: 15506 Elo +3.71
Ptnml(0-2): 146, 1707, 6280, 1949, 134

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2749

Bench: 5073064
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Author: Stéphane Nicolet
Date: Wed Jun 17 07:35:58 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1592372158

Small bonus to favor thorn pawns

We increase a little bit the midgame value of pawns on a4, h4, a6 and h6.

Original idea by Malcolm Campbell, who tried the version restricted to the
pawns on the H column a couple of weeks ago and got a patch which almost
passed LTC. The current pull request just adds the same idea for pawns on
the A column.

Possible follow-ups: maybe tweak the a5/h5 pawn values, and/or add a malus
for very low king mobility in midgame?

STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 33416 W: 6516 L: 6275 D: 20625 Elo +2.51
Ptnml(0-2): 575, 3847, 7659, 4016, 611
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee6c4e687586124bc2c10d4

LTC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 134368 W: 16869 L: 16319 D: 101180 Elo +1.42
Ptnml(0-2): 908, 12083, 40708, 12521, 964
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee74e60aae8aec816ab756a

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2747

Bench: 5299456
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Author: mstembera
Date: Wed Jun 17 07:32:16 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1592371936

Use 128 bit multiply for TT index

Remove super cluster stuff from TT and just use a 128 bit multiply.

STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee719b3aae8aec816ab7548
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 12736 W: 2502 L: 2333 D: 7901 Elo +4.61
Ptnml(0-2): 191, 1452, 2944, 1559, 222

LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee732d1aae8aec816ab7556
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 27584 W: 3431 L: 3350 D: 20803 Elo +1.02
Ptnml(0-2): 173, 2500, 8400, 2511, 208

Scheme back to being derived from https://lemire.me/blog/2016/06/27/a-fast-alternative-to-the-modulo-reduction/

Also the default optimized version of the index calculation now uses fewer instructions.
https://godbolt.org/z/Tktxbv
Might benefit from mulx (requires -mbmi2)

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2744

bench: 4320954
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Author: xoto10
Date: Mon Jun 15 08:05:16 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1592201116

Retuned values after eval quantize patch.

The last search tune patch was tested before the implementation of #2733 which
presumably changed the search characteristics noticeably. Another tuning run was
done, see https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee5b434ca6c451633a9a08c
and the updated values passed these tests:

STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 34352 W: 6600 L: 6360 D: 21392 Elo +2.43
Ptnml(0-2): 581, 3947, 7914, 4119, 615
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee62f05ca6c451633a9a15f

LTC 60+0.6 th 1 :
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 11176 W: 1499 L: 1304 D: 8373 Elo +6.06
Ptnml(0-2): 69, 933, 3403, 1100, 83
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee6205bca6c451633a9a147

SMP LTC 20+0.2 th 8 :
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 54032 W: 6126 L: 5826 D: 42080 Elo +1.93
Ptnml(0-2): 278, 4454, 17280, 4698, 306
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee62f25ca6c451633a9a162

Closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2742

Bench 4957812
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Author: xoto10
Date: Sat Jun 13 13:33:18 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1592047998

Tuned values for search constants

Tuned search constants after many search patches since the last
successful tune.

1st LTC @ 60+0.6 th 1 :
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 57656 W: 7369 L: 7036 D: 43251 Elo +2.01
Ptnml(0-2): 393, 5214, 17336, 5437, 448
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee1e074f29b40b0fc95af19

SMP LTC @ 20+0.2 th 8 :
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 83576 W: 9731 L: 9341 D: 64504 Elo +1.62
Ptnml(0-2): 464, 7062, 26369, 7406, 487
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee35a21f29b40b0fc95b008

The changes were rebased on top of a successful patch by Viz (see #2734)
and two different ways of doing this were tested. The successful test
modified the constants in the patch by Viz in a similar manner to the
tuning run:

LTC (rebased) @ 60+0.6 th 1 :
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 193384 W: 24241 L: 23521 D: 145622 Elo +1.29
Ptnml(0-2): 1309, 17497, 58472, 17993, 1421
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee43319ca6c451633a995f9

Further work: the recent patch to quantize eval #2733 affects search quit
quite a bit, so doing another tune in, say, three months time might be a
good idea.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2735

Bench 4246971
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Author: Joost VandeVondele
Date: Sat Jun 13 07:10:34 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1592025034

Quantize eval to multiples of 16

Removes some excess precision, helps searchs.

Effectively reintroduces evaluation grain, with a slightly different context.
https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/commit/45dbd9cd0303d0db469670af8ec3598731a4eace

passed STC
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 197032 W: 37938 L: 37462 D: 121632 Elo +0.84
Ptnml(0-2): 3359, 22994, 45446, 23246, 3471
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee0c228f29b40b0fc95ae53

passed LTC
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 77696 W: 9970 L: 9581 D: 58145 Elo +1.74
Ptnml(0-2): 530, 7075, 23311, 7340, 592
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee21426f29b40b0fc95af43

passed LTC SMP
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 64136 W: 7425 L: 7091 D: 49620 Elo +1.81
Ptnml(0-2): 345, 5416, 20228, 5718, 361
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee387bbf29b40b0fc95b04c

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2733

Bench: 4939103
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Author: Vizvezdenec
Date: Sat Jun 13 06:48:58 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1592023738

Adjust history threshold for quiet moves futility pruning

This patch adjusts the threshold for futility pruning of quiet moves
using the continuation history array contHist[5], in the same way as
it is used in movepicker.

passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee3f88bca6c451633a9959f
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 55984 W: 10822 L: 10552 D: 34610 Elo +1.68
Ptnml(0-2): 952, 6435, 12941, 6719, 945

passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee4186dca6c451633a995cf
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 41712 W: 5402 L: 5114 D: 31196 Elo +2.40
Ptnml(0-2): 293, 3766, 12469, 4016, 312

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2734

Bench: 4715960
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Author: Stéphane Nicolet
Date: Wed Jun 10 13:07:12 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591787232

Improve the anti-shuffling policy

We replace the current decrease of the complexity term in initiative
when shuffling by a direct damping of the evaluation. This scheme may
have two benefits over the initiative approach:

a) the damping effect is more brutal for fortresses with heavy pieces
on the board, because the initiative term is almost an endgame term;

b) the initiative implementation had a funny side effect, almost a bug,
in the rare positions where mg > 0, eg < 0 and the tampered eval
returned a positive value (ie with heavy pieces still on the board):
sending eg to zero via shuffling would **increase** the tampered
eval instead of decreasing it, which is somewhat illogical. This
patch avoids this phenomenon.

STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 43072 W: 8373 L: 8121 D: 26578 Elo +2.03
Ptnml(0-2): 729, 4954, 9940, 5162, 751
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee008ebf29b40b0fc95ade2

LTC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 37376 W: 4816 L: 4543 D: 28017 Elo +2.54
Ptnml(0-2): 259, 3329, 11286, 3508, 306
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ee03b06f29b40b0fc95ae0c

Closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2727

Bench: 4757174
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Author: Sami Kiminki
Date: Tue Jun 9 18:44:07 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591721047

Increase the maximum hash size by a factor of 256

Conceptually group hash clusters into super clusters of 256 clusters.
This scheme allows us to use hash sizes up to 32 TB
(= 2^32 super clusters = 2^40 clusters).

Use 48 bits of the Zobrist key to choose the cluster index. We use 8
extra bits to mitigate the quantization error for very large hashes when
scaling the hash key to cluster index.

The hash index computation is organized to be compatible with the existing
scheme for power-of-two hash sizes up to 128 GB.

Fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/1349

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2722

Passed non-regression STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 37976 W: 7336 L: 7211 D: 23429 Elo +1.14
Ptnml(0-2): 578, 4295, 9149, 4356, 610
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5edcbaaef29b40b0fc95abc5

No functional change.
see source
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Author: nguyenpham
Date: Tue Jun 9 18:31:56 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591720316

Improve Readme.md about compiling

Reparagraph, add an example how to compile on Unix-like systems

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2724

No functional change
see source
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Author: NguyenPham
Date: Tue Jun 9 18:28:20 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591720100

show coordinates when displaying board

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2723

No functional change
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Author: protonspring
Date: Tue Jun 9 18:22:27 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591719747

Refactor some threads related code.

This is a code style change that moves some pure thread code into the threads class.

It is a bit more code, but it makes search.cpp cleaner and easier to read by hiding some thread specific functionality.

STC (SMP)
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 75896 W: 12073 L: 12026 D: 51797 Elo +0.22
Ptnml(0-2): 828, 8224, 19872, 8121, 903
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ed492e8f29b40b0fc95a74c

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2720

No functional change.
see source
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Author: protonspring
Date: Tue Jun 9 18:13:24 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591719204

Wrap all access to LineBB and add assert

This is a non-functional code style change which provides a safe access handler for LineBB.
Also includes an assert in debug mode to verify square correctness.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2719

No functional change
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Author: xoto10
Date: Tue Jun 9 18:11:44 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591719104

join scale_factor, initiative and mg+eg reduction

Merging this code into one function `winnable()`.
Should allow common concepts used to adjust the eg value,
either by addition or scaling, to be combined more effectively.

Improve trace function.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2710

No functional change.
see source
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Author: pb00067
Date: Sat Jun 6 16:18:42 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591453122

Use lowply-history also on low depths

STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ed75078f29b40b0fc95a8b9
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 73928 W: 14301 L: 14005 D: 45622 Elo +1.39
Ptnml(0-2): 1243, 8572, 17096, 8752, 1301

LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ed895e0f29b40b0fc95a976
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 154848 W: 19684 L: 19074 D: 116090 Elo +1.37
Ptnml(0-2): 1048, 14108, 46627, 14468, 1173

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2718

bench: 4582693
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Author: protonspring
Date: Sat Jun 6 16:03:19 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591452199

small speed-up in movegen

pass color as a template parameter.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2715

No functional change.
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Author: Moez Jellouli
Date: Sat Jun 6 15:58:50 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591451930

Minimal thinking time, even if only one rootMove.

without search, the eval returned can be misleading (e.g. mate instead of draw),
leading to wrong adjudication. With a minimal search, this is avoided.
This patch leads to 1ms long searches if there is only 1 move,
similar patches all indicate a small Elo gain.

Fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2707

Passed non-regression STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 22312 W: 4350 L: 4204 D: 13758 Elo +2.27
Ptnml(0-2): 323, 2488, 5437, 2536, 372
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ed562b0f29b40b0fc95a7d0

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2709

Bench: 4733799
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Author: Moez Jellouli
Date: Thu Jun 4 19:03:54 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591290234

Singular quiet LMR

If ttMove is a capture and had a singular extension, it is probably the best move.
No need to make a decrease of LMR on other moves.

STC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 41968 W: 8170 L: 7918 D: 25880 Elo +2.09
Ptnml(0-2): 733, 4770, 9726, 5022, 733
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ed6b666f29b40b0fc95a884

LTC
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 71376 W: 9200 L: 8827 D: 53349 Elo +1.82
Ptnml(0-2): 486, 6544, 21342, 6743, 573
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ed7578bf29b40b0fc95a8c9

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2713

Bench: 4733799
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Author: Stefan Geschwentner
Date: Mon Jun 1 17:35:02 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591025702

Give bonus for bishops that are alligned with enemy kingring.

Inspired by the succesful patch "Give bonus for rooks that are alligned with enemy kingring" from Vizvezdenec,
this idea has been reused for bishops. Here, we only consider attacks that are not blocked by any pawn.
Also we have a 50% higher bonus than for the rooks.

STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 68960 W: 13495 L: 13202 D: 42263 Elo +1.48
Ptnml(0-2): 1213, 8018, 15802, 8157, 1290
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ed27495042fa6d77c3553aa

LTC:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 54560 W: 7105 L: 6780 D: 40675 Elo +2.07
Ptnml(0-2): 379, 4986, 16254, 5253, 408
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ed30375596e6dc1e1f97425

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2708

Bench: 4860021
see source
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Author: ElbertoOne
Date: Mon Jun 1 17:27:29 2020 +0200
Timestamp: 1591025249

Isolated pawns tweak

Give opposed doubled isolated pawns only the Doubled penalty.
The other isolated pawns get the Isolated penalty and the WeakUnopposed penalty.
The popcount condition has been replaced with an opposed check,
which is non-functional, but probably gives a speed-up.

Passed STC (https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ed0f0f0042fa6d77c3552f5):
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 121832 W: 23562 L: 23195 D: 75075 Elo +1.05
Ptnml(0-2): 2092, 14064, 28313, 14279, 2168

LTC: (https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ed22e40042fa6d77c355387)
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 103368 W: 13232 L: 12768 D: 77368 Elo +1.56
Ptnml(0-2): 693, 9484, 30919, 9842, 746

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2706

Bench: 4085694
see source

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