The number of threads is in fact the number of cores. A few releases ago the Stockfish devs decided to not let Stockfish determine this number (didn't remember why) so the default setting is always 1. Thus Stockfish is running with "handbrake applied" if you don't know that.
Critter 1.6
option name Threads type spin default 4 min 1 max 32
Stockfish (svn)
option name Threads type spin default 1 min 1 max 128
Will an engine always run stronger with more threads ?
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Betreff: [Scidvspc-users] Stockfish 5
Von: "Steve A" <stevena...@gmail.com>
An: scidvspc-users <scidvspc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Betreff: [Scidvspc-users] Stockfish 5
Just a short heads up that Stockfish 5 is out :)
http://stockfishchess.org/download/
I guess it is by some measures the strongest engine now available, and
after a short test seems equal with Critter 1.6 at fast time control (1m + .01s , ponder on, 2 threads per engine) on my linux box.
One thing i'm curious about is the default "threads" setting. Critter defaults to 4 threads (or is that #cpucores?), while stockfish defaults to 1http://stockfishchess.org/download/
I guess it is by some measures the strongest engine now available, and
after a short test seems equal with Critter 1.6 at fast time control (1m + .01s , ponder on, 2 threads per engine) on my linux box.
Critter 1.6
option name Threads type spin default 4 min 1 max 32
Stockfish (svn)
option name Threads type spin default 1 min 1 max 128
Will an engine always run stronger with more threads ?
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