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Summary

Host Duration Avg Base NPS Games WLD Standard Elo Ptnml(0-2) Gamepair Elo

Test Detail

ID Host Base NPS Games WLD Standard Elo Ptnml(0-2) Gamepair Elo CLI PGN

Commit

Commit ID 4d65257b0f8fd8179b81fb88176c4d6eaea94a9c
Author Joost VandeVondele
Date 2026-09-01 15:03:48 UTC
Avoid reducing move horizon in cyclic time controls Fixes losses on time in cyclic time controls. Results of master vs fix (40/1, 1t, 64MB, UHO_Lichess_4852_v1.epd): Elo: -48.65 +/- 9.84, nElo: -76.63 +/- 15.29 LOS: 0.00 %, DrawRatio: 40.83 %, PairsRatio: 0.48 Games: 1984, Wins: 451, Losses: 727, Draws: 806, Points: 854.0 (43.04 %) Ptnml(0-2): [81, 316, 405, 178, 12], WL/DD Ratio: 1.60 Master timeouts: 557, Fix timeouts: 0 Results of master vs fix (40/10, 1t, 64MB, UHO_Lichess_4852_v1.epd): Elo: -8.10 +/- 3.45, nElo: -15.98 +/- 6.81 LOS: 0.00 %, DrawRatio: 52.00 %, PairsRatio: 0.84 Games: 10000, Wins: 2463, Losses: 2696, Draws: 4841, Points: 4883.5 (48.84 %) Ptnml(0-2): [39, 1268, 2600, 1073, 20], WL/DD Ratio: 1.08 Master timeouts: 116, Fix timeouts: 0 closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/7117 No functional change
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