Tarnished 5.0 - new version chess engine


Tarnished - UCI chess engine
Author: Anik Patel (Bobingstern)

What has changed in the new version Tarnished 5.0?

"A lone hero fights for his vengeance..."

Very strong NNUE and stronger search!
+116 LTC UHO, estimated ~3700 CCRL Blitz

NNUE

  • Now using a (768x16hm->1536)x2->1x8 architecture, trained on ~22b positions
  • Dataset relabeled with (768x8hm->4096)x2->(96->192->192->1)x8 network

Search

  • Hindsight Extension
  • Several Tweaks
  • Actually fixed SMP!

Tarnished 2.1 JA - tactical test


Tarnished 2.1 JA was tested against the position shown in the diagram, where the non-obvious move 1.Rg4+ wins.


Tarnished 2.1JA compiled by Jim Ablett and it solved the problem without any problems. Interestingly, the "original" 2.1 compiled failed and after 10 minutes of analysis it proposed 1.Bd5.

Tarnished 4.0 vs other engines:

Caissa 1.235/14-414 Games
Knightx 4.510/10+1010 Games
Belofte 2.1.9 (u) JA10/10+1010 Games
Critter 1.6a9.5/10+910 Games
Lynx 1.10.09.5/10+910 Games
Pawnocchio 1.84.5/8+18 Games
Titan 1.1.04/8+08 Games
Viridithas 18.0.04/8+08 Games
RubiChess 20250606 JA3.5/8-18 Games
Motor 0.9.03.5/8-18 Games
Horsie 1.1.03.5/8-18 Games
Obsidian dev-16.143/8-28 Games
PlentyChess 6.0.183/8-28 Games
Clover 9.0 JA3/8-28 Games
Integral 7.0.0 JA2.5/8-38 Games
Stormphrax 7.0.0 JA2.5/8-38 Games
Berserk 202506222/8-48 Games
Belofte 2.1.9 (u)6/6+66 Games
Senpai 2.0 JA6/6+66 Games
Chess-3 2.0 JA5.5/6+56 Games
Eleanor 2.05/6+46 Games



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