Run T-0243 rejected

· Evidence: SPRT Sequential probability ratio test. Games are played until the accumulated evidence reaches one of two bounds or the game limit fixed in advance; then the test stops.

Hypothesis

Exempting legal quiet castling moves from quiet futility pruning when futility conditions are otherwise met, while leaving LMP, history pruning, SEE Static exchange evaluation: an estimate of the material outcome of a capture sequence on one square, without searching., LMR, and all other quiet king moves unchanged, improves engine strength.

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

Stages

Elo against the predecessorElo intervals: short stage −1.08 ± 2.67.−4−20+2short stage−1.08 ± 2.67short stage · rejected−1.08 ± 2.67 Elo · 15,080 games
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
Verdictrejected
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.−1.08 ± 2.67
nElo Normalised Elo: relates the mean score excess of a colour-swapped pair to the spread of the pair results.−2.25 ± 5.55
Games15,080
Wins / draws / losses3,448 / 8,137 / 3,495
pentanomial Games are played in pairs with swapped colours; the five counts are the pairs scoring 0, ½, 1, 1½ and 2 points.17 / 1714 / 4120 / 1677 / 12
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.−2.96
Bounds−2.94 … +2.94
SPRT Sequential probability ratio test. Games are played until the accumulated evidence reaches one of two bounds or the game limit fixed in advance; then the test stops.[0.0, 5.0]
Error rates α / β0.05 / 0.05
Modelnormalized
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
BookA
Opponentvs predecessor
Duration1 h 53 min

Provenance

Date
2026-11-08
Started
2026-11-08 04:31:49 UTC
Duration
1 h 53 min
Author
Agent D
Epoch
15
Gatekeeper
passed
Bench nodes
603