New NNUE architecture and net
Introduces a new NNUE network architecture and associated network parameters,
as obtained by a new pytorch trainer.
The network is already very strong at short TC, without regression at longer TC,
and has potential for further improvements.
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/60a159c65085663412d0921d
TC: 10s+0.1s, 1 thread
ELO: 21.74 +-3.4 (95%) LOS: 100.0%
Total: 10000 W: 1559 L: 934 D: 7507
Ptnml(0-2): 38, 701, 2972, 1176, 113
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/60a187005085663412d0925b
TC: 60s+0.6s, 1 thread
ELO: 5.85 +-1.7 (95%) LOS: 100.0%
Total: 20000 W: 1381 L: 1044 D: 17575
Ptnml(0-2): 27, 885, 7864, 1172, 52
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/60a2beede229097940a03806
TC: 20s+0.2s, 8 threads
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,3.50>
Total: 34272 W: 1610 L: 1452 D: 31210
Ptnml(0-2): 30, 1285, 14350, 1439, 32
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/60a2d687e229097940a03c72
TC: 60s+0.6s, 8 threads
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-2.50,0.50>
Total: 45544 W: 1262 L: 1214 D: 43068
Ptnml(0-2): 12, 1129, 20442, 1177, 12
The network has been trained (by vondele) using the https://github.com/glinscott/nnue-pytorch/ trainer (started by glinscott),
specifically the branch https://github.com/Sopel97/nnue-pytorch/tree/experiment_56.
The data used are in 64 billion positions (193GB total) generated and scored with the current master net
d8: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hOOYSDKgOOp38ZmD0N4DV82TOLHzjUiF/view?usp=sharing
d9: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VlhnHL8f-20AXhGkILujnNXHwy9T-MQw/view?usp=sharing
d10: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZC5upzBYMmMj1gMYCkt6rCxQG0GnO3Kk/view?usp=sharing
fishtest_d9: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GQHt0oNgKaHazwJFTRbXhlCN3FbUedFq/view?usp=sharing
This network also contains a few architectural changes with respect to the current master:
Size changed from 256x2-32-32-1 to 512x2-16-32-1
~15-20% slower
~2x larger
adds a special path for 16 valued ClippedReLU
fixes affine transform code for 16 inputs/outputs, buy using InputDimensions instead of PaddedInputDimensions
this is safe now because the inputs are processed in groups of 4 in the current affine transform code
The feature set changed from HalfKP to HalfKAv2
Includes information about the kings like HalfKA
Packs king features better, resulting in 8% size reduction compared to HalfKA
The board is flipped for the black's perspective, instead of rotated like in the current master
PSQT values for each feature
the feature transformer now outputs a part that is fowarded directly to the output and allows learning piece values more directly than the previous network architecture. The effect is visible for high imbalance positions, where the current master network outputs evaluations skewed towards zero.
8 PSQT values per feature, chosen based on (popcount(pos.pieces()) - 1) / 4
initialized to classical material values on the start of the training
8 subnetworks (512x2->16->32->1), chosen based on (popcount(pos.pieces()) - 1) / 4
only one subnetwork is evaluated for any position, no or marginal speed loss
A diagram of the network is available: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8037982/118656988-553a1700-b7eb-11eb-82ef-56a11cbebbf2.png
A more complete description: https://github.com/glinscott/nnue-pytorch/blob/master/docs/nnue.md
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3474
Bench: 3806488