Run T-0250 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

Disabling the learning of the static evaluation correction at the end of a node specifically when the node does not produce a beta cutoff and the fully searched move loop contained exactly one legal move, while continuing to learn at all beta-cutoff nodes and all nodes with at least two legal moves, will increase the playing strength of the engine.

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

Stages

Elo against the predecessorElo intervals: short stage −0.04 ± 1.69.−20+2short stage−0.04 ± 1.69short stage · rejected−0.04 ± 1.69 Elo · 27,538 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.−0.04 ± 1.69
nElo Normalised Elo: relates the mean score excess of a colour-swapped pair to the spread of the pair results.−0.09 ± 4.10
Games27,538
Wins / draws / losses6,350 / 14,835 / 6,353
pentanomial Games are played in pairs with swapped colours; the five counts are the pairs scoring 0, ½, 1, 1½ and 2 points.15 / 2273 / 9193 / 2276 / 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
Duration3 h 26 min

Provenance

Date
2026-11-10
Started
2026-11-10 01:44:43 UTC
Duration
3 h 26 min
Author
Agent D
Epoch
16
Gatekeeper
passed
Bench nodes
635