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NCM plays each Stockfish dev build 20,000 times against Stockfish 15. This yields an approximate Elo difference and establishes confidence in the strength of the dev builds.

Summary

Host Duration Avg Base NPS Games WLD Standard Elo Ptnml(0-2) Gamepair Elo
ncm-dbt-01 06:44:52 583611 4000 1755 327 1918 +129.75 ± 4.49 2 20 561 1382 35 +299.63 ± 14.33
ncm-dbt-02 06:47:06 591453 4000 1752 323 1925 +129.85 ± 4.42 0 27 542 1406 25 +302.7 ± 14.61
ncm-dbt-03 06:45:14 585601 4000 1770 349 1881 +129.05 ± 4.45 0 26 556 1389 29 +298.62 ± 14.42
ncm-dbt-04 06:45:36 565854 4000 1775 333 1892 +131.14 ± 4.45 0 24 543 1400 33 +304.42 ± 14.59
ncm-dbt-05 06:45:44 582211 4000 1742 349 1909 +126.28 ± 4.61 1 40 553 1377 29 +289.68 ± 14.49
20000 8794 1681 9525 +129.21 ± 2.01 3 137 2755 6954 151 +298.96 ± 6.47

Test Detail

ID Host Base NPS Games WLD Standard Elo Ptnml(0-2) Gamepair Elo CLI PGN
475724 ncm-dbt-02 591599 500 227 45 228 +132.54 ± 11.27 0 0 69 180 1 +318.25 ± 40.94
475723 ncm-dbt-01 585253 500 213 40 247 +125.38 ± 13.25 0 5 72 168 5 +282.94 ± 40.5
475722 ncm-dbt-04 567244 500 222 53 225 +122.24 ± 12.57 0 4 75 169 2 +280.42 ± 39.57
475721 ncm-dbt-05 580904 500 214 43 243 +123.81 ± 13.1 0 5 73 168 4 +280.42 ± 40.21
475720 ncm-dbt-03 586393 500 218 38 244 +130.94 ± 12.56 0 5 62 181 2 +309.64 ± 43.82
475719 ncm-dbt-02 592202 500 223 40 237 +133.34 ± 12.89 0 5 61 180 4 +312.48 ± 44.19
475718 ncm-dbt-01 582736 500 220 46 234 +126.17 ± 13.06 0 3 76 165 6 +282.94 ± 39.21
475717 ncm-dbt-05 583237 500 223 44 233 +130.14 ± 12.97 0 4 68 173 5 +298.62 ± 41.71
475716 ncm-dbt-04 565548 500 218 32 250 +135.75 ± 11.58 0 0 67 180 3 +324.16 ± 41.61
475715 ncm-dbt-03 585674 500 217 39 244 +129.35 ± 12.41 0 2 72 172 4 +298.62 ± 40.29
475714 ncm-dbt-02 590653 500 221 32 247 +138.18 ± 11.91 0 2 60 185 3 +333.32 ± 44.47
475713 ncm-dbt-01 583572 500 219 38 243 +131.74 ± 12.74 1 2 65 179 3 +312.48 ± 42.67
475712 ncm-dbt-05 586689 500 213 38 249 +126.97 ± 12.47 0 5 66 178 1 +298.62 ± 42.41
475711 ncm-dbt-04 561641 500 222 41 237 +131.74 ± 12.74 0 2 71 171 6 +301.33 ± 40.6
475710 ncm-dbt-03 586097 500 225 47 228 +129.35 ± 13.36 0 6 65 174 5 +295.94 ± 42.75
475709 ncm-dbt-02 589753 500 212 36 252 +127.76 ± 12.65 0 3 72 171 4 +293.29 ± 40.39
475708 ncm-dbt-05 581111 500 219 49 232 +123.02 ± 12.56 0 5 71 173 1 +285.49 ± 40.81
475707 ncm-dbt-01 583447 500 216 48 236 +121.45 ± 12.95 0 3 81 161 5 +270.57 ± 37.86
475706 ncm-dbt-04 564958 500 220 32 248 +137.37 ± 11.94 0 2 61 184 3 +330.23 ± 44.08
475705 ncm-dbt-03 584495 500 229 30 241 +146.36 ± 11.74 0 1 54 190 5 +359.68 ± 46.95
475704 ncm-dbt-02 591039 500 215 36 249 +130.14 ± 12.59 0 5 63 180 2 +306.84 ± 43.45
475703 ncm-dbt-05 580033 500 218 34 248 +134.15 ± 12.67 0 4 62 180 4 +315.35 ± 43.81
475702 ncm-dbt-01 581777 500 226 39 235 +136.56 ± 12.39 1 0 64 181 4 +327.18 ± 42.83
475701 ncm-dbt-04 565981 500 227 52 221 +126.97 ± 13.22 0 5 70 170 5 +288.06 ± 41.11
475700 ncm-dbt-03 586477 500 218 43 239 +126.97 ± 12.28 0 3 71 174 2 +295.94 ± 40.69
475699 ncm-dbt-05 577438 500 225 40 235 +134.95 ± 13.03 0 5 60 180 5 +315.35 ± 44.57
475698 ncm-dbt-02 594367 500 214 45 241 +122.24 ± 12.94 0 5 74 168 3 +277.93 ± 39.92
475697 ncm-dbt-01 584285 500 222 36 242 +135.76 ± 11.36 0 1 63 185 1 +330.23 ± 43.2
475696 ncm-dbt-04 566257 500 213 34 253 +130.14 ± 13.34 0 6 64 175 5 +298.62 ± 43.1
475695 ncm-dbt-03 585464 500 218 60 222 +113.68 ± 13.55 0 6 85 154 5 +247.41 ± 37.09
475694 ncm-dbt-01 585253 500 228 35 237 +141.44 ± 12.81 0 2 61 179 8 +330.23 ± 44.08
475693 ncm-dbt-05 584579 500 220 46 234 +126.17 ± 13.42 0 6 69 170 5 +285.49 ± 41.44
475692 ncm-dbt-02 588387 500 222 34 244 +137.37 ± 11.94 0 1 64 181 4 +327.18 ± 42.83
475691 ncm-dbt-04 566375 500 239 38 223 +148.02 ± 11.65 0 1 52 192 5 +366.78 ± 47.92
475690 ncm-dbt-03 584874 500 217 51 232 +119.89 ± 12.61 0 3 81 163 3 +270.57 ± 37.86
475689 ncm-dbt-01 582569 500 211 45 244 +119.89 ± 12.79 0 4 79 164 3 +270.57 ± 38.47
475688 ncm-dbt-04 568832 500 214 51 235 +117.55 ± 13.0 0 4 83 159 4 +261.07 ± 37.44
475687 ncm-dbt-02 593629 500 218 55 227 +117.55 ± 13.36 0 6 79 161 4 +261.07 ± 38.58
475686 ncm-dbt-05 583698 500 210 55 235 +111.37 ± 13.89 1 6 84 155 4 +245.2 ± 37.37
475685 ncm-dbt-03 585337 500 228 41 231 +136.56 ± 11.55 0 0 66 181 3 +327.17 ± 41.95

Commit

Commit ID 9fcd47a717cfdf8c44127710fdb3325218a12259
Author Shawn Xu
Date 2026-06-25 11:06:10 UTC
Update main network to nn-f8a759c05f9f.nnue This network is further trained on a new BT4 distillation stage, fine tuning on ~2 billion positions relabeled with the value head output of `BT4-tf13tune.pb.gz`. The dataset can be found at https://huggingface.co/datasets/xushawn/test80-bt4-relabel. A modified branch of lc0 was used to derive this data: https://github.com/xu-shawn/lc0/tree/relabel_dual_stream_test 2 billion positions represent a tiny subset of the total training data, and BT4 relabeling is inherently computationally expensive. I expect a lot more gains as more data are relabeled, but it will likely require coordinated community effort. Everyone is welcome to contribute, and yl25946 has made a spreadsheet to track progress: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yanofhusEzDg8ZnurAw799ikoTY6GcqsNMYfpswOIbw/edit. Special thanks to Viren6, who performed policy/value distillation experiments on Monty, and created the lc0 distillation fork that the current relabeler is based on; yl25946 for proposing the idea of large network distillations back in February 2025, running distillation experiments on the HL4096 network, and working on fine tuning attempts; vondele for nettest and suggesting the fine-tuning approach; and many others on the knowledge distillation thread in the SF Discord #ideas channel. nettest PR: https://github.com/vondele/nettest/pull/369 Ongoing STC: LLR: -0.01 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00> Total: 72224 W: 18891 L: 18784 D: 34549 Ptnml(0-2): 336, 8437, 18332, 8798, 209 https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6a3ae7913036e45021aeb4a0 Passed LTC: LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00> Total: 25110 W: 6566 L: 6288 D: 12256 Ptnml(0-2): 27, 2625, 6957, 2935, 11 https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6a3b73513036e45021aeb51e Passed VLTC: LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50> Total: 18544 W: 4924 L: 4658 D: 8962 Ptnml(0-2): 5, 1730, 5533, 2002, 2 https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6a3bbe233036e45021aeb56e closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/6924 Bench: 2710209 Co-authored-by: Li Ying <121075683+yl25946@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Viren6 <94880762+Viren6@users.noreply.github.com>
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