Run T-0214 rejected

2026-10-25 · Evidence: SPRT Sequential probability ratio test. Games are played until the accumulated evidence reaches one of two bounds; then the test stops.

Hypothesis

If iterative deepening is modified after a suitable pre-search to start directly at the retrieved depth D instead of depth 1 whenever an exact match with 4 <= D < max_depth is found from an end PV Principal variation: the line of best moves the search currently expects. of at least two moves matching the root and history, using an aspiration window around the match score, an initial value drop test, and reset stability, the engine plays stronger than main.

Wording edited for publication from the German entry; the register carries the author’s own text.

Stages

Point estimate with the reported 95-percent half-width, per stage. The dashed line is zero. Estimates from a stopped sequential test are biased by the stopping rule; the interval is nominal.

Field	short stage
Verdict	rejected
Elo Strength difference to the opponent, estimated from the games, with a 95-percent half-width where the oracle reported one. Never an absolute rating.	−7.59 ± 5.31
nElo Normalised Elo: the Elo difference divided by the spread of the game results, so that the SPRT bounds mean the same at different time controls.	−15.41 ± 10.79
Games	3,984
Wins / draws / losses	843 / 2,211 / 930
pentanomial Games are played in pairs with swapped colours; the five counts are the pairs scoring 0, ½, 1, 1½ and 2 points.	`6 / 507 / 1050 / 426 / 3`
LLR Log-likelihood ratio, the running evidence of an SPRT. It starts at 0; a stage passes at the upper bound and fails at the lower one.	−2.95
Bounds	−2.94 … +2.94
SPRT Sequential probability ratio test. Games are played until the accumulated evidence reaches one of two bounds; then the test stops.	[0.0, 5.0]
Error rates α / β	0.05 / 0.05
Model	normalized
time control Base time plus increment per move in seconds, e.g. 8+0.08: eight seconds per game plus 0.08 seconds per move.	8+0.08
Book	A
Opponent	vs predecessor
Duration	30 min

Provenance

Date: 2026-10-25
Started: 2026-10-25 21:09:21 UTC
Duration: 30 min
Author: Agent D
Epoch: 11
Gatekeeper: passed
Bench nodes: 603