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Chess engine: Stockfish 22052918 NNUE for Windows and Linux (+3,77 ELO)



Stockfish - UCI chess engine, compiled by Giacomo Lorenzetti
Rating CEDR=3497 (2 place)

Timestamp: 1653843259

Small speedup in futility_move_count

The speedup is around 0.25% using gcc 11.3.1 (bmi2, nnue bench, depth 16
and 23) while it is neutral using clang (same conditions).

According to `perf` that integer division was one of the most time-consuming
instructions in search (gcc disassembly).

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/628a17fe24a074e5cd59b3aa
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.50>
Total: 22232 W: 5992 L: 5751 D: 10489 Elo +3.77
Ptnml(0-2): 88, 2235, 6218, 2498, 77

yellow LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/628a35d7ccae0450e35106f7
LLR: -2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,3.00>
Total: 320168 W: 85853 L: 85326 D: 148989 Elo +0.57
Ptnml(0-2): 185, 29698, 99821, 30165, 215

This patch also suggests that UHO STC is sensible to small speedups (< 0.50%).
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4032

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