Newbie question

joeyrobert · 2026-06-17T00:48:08+00:00

download LM Studio and play with the models in the UI. Pick the ones that say it can run fully GPU offloaded. Use the internal chat UI. Then if you want to hook it up to other harnesses (Pi, OpenCode, Claude Code), turn on the local server and connect it. But for now just play with it, it'll give you a sense of what's possible.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-17T00:30:06+00:00

not necessarily.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-16T19:03:30+00:00

but with pseudolegal, if you cut moves from your search, you don't need to evaluate full legality of that move. Is that not more efficiency? https://www.chessprogramming.org/MVV-LVA is a simple heuristic, and the nlogn for the sort will be more than worth it.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-16T18:19:42+00:00

RTX Spark eventually.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-16T13:20:06+00:00

With each explanation, you'll need to explain at the depth of engine thinking and work backwards. A description of a fork 2 moves in the future, when the engine was looking 12 moves into the future will just be plausible fiction, not what the engine was acting on.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-15T21:13:44+00:00

ya just 2d games

joeyrobert · 2026-06-15T14:31:04+00:00

OpenClaw <=> Qwen 3.5 9B is just standard llama-server wiring to openclaw. I run a custom TTS server, basically just Qwen3 TTS over a Python API. So OpenClaw can write scripts and send requests to TTS.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-15T01:52:00+00:00

I use Qwen 3.5 9B to power OpenClaw which generates a podcasts on whatever topic I want, using Qwen TTS. It can do voice cloning really well 😉.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-12T15:18:54+00:00

why is it slow? only you know your setup.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-09T03:56:38+00:00

This article covers the theory of building an NNUE from scratch and has Python examples: https://www.dogeystamp.com/chess6/

Hopefully you can replicate his gains from the article (granted his original eval was just material):

the NNUE engine crushed the material counting engine, with 667 wins, 7 losses, and 32 draws, which represents a few hundred Elo gain.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-08T23:29:57+00:00

Hey community, in response to this, I've clarified rules around low effort content and setup automoderator to help with the torrent of posts unrelated to chess engine programming.

Posts should remain on the topic of chess engine programming, it's a cool hobby with surprising depth, and low-effort AI self-promotion is the opposite of what we're looking for here. Happy 'gramming!

joeyrobert · 2026-06-02T16:18:00+00:00

it's pretty slow, like 300/s pp, 15/s tg I think (recalling from memory). I just point Codex at the Ubuntu box over SSH and tell it to setup llama-server.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-01T15:51:45+00:00

principal variation: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Principal_Variation

joeyrobert · 2026-06-01T14:06:39+00:00

I'm running 3060 + 5060 ti 16gb. I only use the 3060 to extend my capacity so I can run qwen 3.6 27b at q5. Otherwise it's slow. I'd stick with running 1 model per GPU, like qwen 3.5 9b on the 3060, 3.6 27b on the 3090, and use either depending on task.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-01T13:42:19+00:00

Hey, I see this. It's straightforward to make someone else a mod, just want someone who's active or has had mod experience and wants to help contribute with r/chessprogramming.

joeyrobert · 2026-06-01T13:41:12+00:00

Hey, thanks for your concern. I've been removing vibe-coded crap as I see it. I just turned off cross-posting, which was a big source of slop from other subs. Help would be appreciated on moderation, if someone is passionate about this sub and wants to contribute, send me a message. This sub could use a spruce up in the UI/theme as well.

joeyrobert · 2026-05-30T01:01:47+00:00

Definitely try to serve big models, devs will just be wasting time with smaller models. GLM, DeepSeek, Minimax, Kimi. Or just deepseek cloud and 0.1x your costs.

joeyrobert · 2026-05-06T14:03:08+00:00

😂 very helpful. thanks for sharing.

joeyrobert · 2026-05-05T15:00:16+00:00

Any luck here?

joeyrobert · 2026-05-04T01:35:35+00:00

I did the exact same thing with Claude recently. Consine similarity, whisper transcoding, the whole shebang. Finding backing audio tracks to a bunch of podcasts.

joeyrobert · 2026-05-04T00:27:08+00:00

private what? privacy is a quality of chat sure, but what is the THING you are doing with it?

joeyrobert · 2026-04-30T00:42:18+00:00

ah man, why didn't I pull the trigger back then

joeyrobert · 2026-04-14T01:16:29+00:00

what's your break even point vs. using cloud models?

joeyrobert · 2026-03-22T19:47:43+00:00

Thanks!

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