Houdini is a UCIchess engine developed by Belgianprogrammer Robert Houdart. It is influenced by open-source engines IPPOLIT/RobboLito, Stockfish, and Crafty. Earlier versions are free for non-commercial use (up to version 1.5a), but later versions (2.0 and onwards) are commercial. As of February 2019, Houdini 6 is the third highest-rated chess engine on major chess engine rating lists, behind Stockfish and Komodo.[1]
Houdini is a state-of-the-art chess engine for Windows combining outstanding positional evaluation with the most sophisticated search algorithm. Houdini, by Robert Houdart, is playing with a brand new version in Season 9 of the Top Chess Engine Championship.After 32 rounds Houdini 5 dev is one of the hot favorites for qualifying for the Superfinal.
Houdini 6 Standard engine: The engine can support up to 8 processor cores and 4 GB of hash memory Fritz 15 user interface Premium membership for playchess.com and your ChessBase Account (6 months) Online access to the world’s largest analysis database, “Let’s Check”, with over 200 million deeply analyzed positions (6 months). September 15, 2017: Houdini 6 has been released - Get it today! Welcome to the Houdini Chess Engine home page. Houdini is a state-of-the-art chess engine for Windows combining outstanding positional evaluation with the most sophisticated search algorithm. I love chess and programming, so what better way to express this than in creating and improving a chess engine that is used by thousands of chess fans over the world. After the very demanding release of Houdini 3 I do hope to take some time off for the family and to go out observing stars and planets with the big telescope.
Playing style[edit]
Chess commentator and video annotator CM Tryfon Gavriel compared Houdini's playing style to that of the Romantic Era of chess, where an attacking, sacrificial style was predominant.[2] According to Robert Houdart, Houdini's advantage against other top engines is in its handling of piece mobility, which is why it 'favors aggressive play that tries to win the game'.[3]
Version history[edit]
The latest stable release of Houdini comes in two versions: Houdini 6 Standard and Houdini 6 Pro. Houdini 6 Pro supports up to 128 processor cores, 128 GB of RAM (hash) and is NUMA-aware, Houdini 5 Standard only supports up to 8 processor cores, 4 GB of hash and is not NUMA-aware. As with many other UCI engines, Houdini comes with no GUI, so a chess GUI is needed for running the engine. Houdini 5 uses calibrated evaluations in which engine scores correlate directly with the win expectancy in the position.[4]
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Competition results[edit]
Houdini is one of the most successful engines in the TCEC tournament, which is often regarded as the Unofficial World Computer Chess Championship, with four championship wins to date.[5]
Notable games[edit]Houdini Chess Engine Free Download
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Position after the 24th move. Houdini (Black) is three pawns down but has very active pieces and White's king is exposed. White couldn't avoid losing a piece 7 moves later.
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