

That doesn't exactly suggest proper play needed to achieve equality. As in the game, the King moves 7 times by move 35 all on the back rank. Related to castling, that's my point the pawn's advantage actually turned into a disadvantage because the King would not castle. REFINE SEARCH: White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Houdini wins | Houdini loses Houdini 1.5a, operated by User: Golden Executive, played in the CG.com Masters - Machines Invitational (2011) as Golden Executive / Houdini.Į44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 Originally a free engine, Houdini has been commercial since the launch of Houdini 2 in September 2011. Houdini 5 is scheduled for a release in 2016. Stockfish and Komodo (Computer) overtook it in 2013–14 Houdini's most recent publicly released version, Houdini 4, remains the world's third-strongest independent chess program. Houdini 3 defeated Stockfish to win nTCEC season 1 in 2013, affirming Houdini's status as the top chess engine. It was introduced in 2010, using original code as well as ideas from Stockfish (Computer), Crafty (Computer) and the controversial strong open source engines Ippolit/Robbolito Houdart denied claims that his new engine was an outright Ippolit derivative, though he acknowledged the influence of Ippolit-family programs.įrom the start, Houdini was a contender for the title of world's strongest program Houdini 1.5a won TCEC seasons 1 and 2 ahead of Rybka (Computer) in 2011. Houdini is authored by Belgian chess player and programmer Robert Houdart.
