Thursday, February 5, 2026

ScidCommunity + ANALISI AI - DGX SPARK (Stockfish SF18)

 ✅ Analisi AI Arricchita Completata!

  Ora l'analisi include descrizione della posizione e strategie specifiche!

  ๐ŸŽฏ Nuove Caratteristiche Aggiunte:

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           ๐Ÿค– ANALISI AI - DGX SPARK (Stockfish SF18)
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    ๐Ÿ“– FASE: APERTURA

    ♔ VALUTAZIONE: Vantaggio Bianco (+0.26)
    ★ Punteggio: 0.26 (in pedoni)

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    ๐Ÿ“Š CARATTERISTICHE DELLA POSIZIONE:
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    ✓ Catena pedonale solida
    ⚠ Pedone isolato bianco
    ๐ŸŽฏ Centro: Bianco domina il centro
    ๐Ÿ“‚ Colonne aperte: d, e
    ๐Ÿ“„ Semiaperte (B): c, f
    ๐Ÿ”’ Re Bianco: Sicuro
    ๐Ÿ”’ Re Nero: Sotto attacco!
    ๐Ÿ“ Spazio: Bianco ha vantaggio di spazio

  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    ๐ŸŽฏ STRATEGIE SPECIFICHE:
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    → Sviluppa i pezzi minori rapidamente
    → Controlla il centro con pedoni e pezzi
    → Arrocate presto per sicurezza del Re
    → Attacca il pedone isolato bianco
    → Usa le colonne aperte d,e con le Torri
    → Usa il vantaggio di spazio per limitare i pezzi neri

  ๐Ÿ“Š Cosa analizza il sistema:

  1. ๐Ÿ“– Fase del gioco - Apertura / Medio gioco / Finale
  2. ๐Ÿ’ฐ Materiale - Bilancio materiale
  3. ✓/⚠ Struttura pedonale:
    • Catene pedonali solide
    • Pedoni isolati
    • Pedoni doppiati
  4. ๐ŸŽฏ Centro - Chi controlla il centro
  5. ๐Ÿ“‚ Colonne - Aperte e semiaperte
  6. ๐Ÿ”’ Sicurezza Re - Sicuro / Esposto / Sotto attacco
  7. ๐Ÿ“ Spazio - Vantaggio territoriale
  8. ๐ŸŽฏ Strategie specifiche basate su tutte queste caratteristiche!

  ๐ŸŽฎ Esempi di strategie generate:

  • "Attacca il pedone isolato nero"
  • "Usa le colonne aperte a,b con le Torri"
  • "⚠️ PRIORITร€: Difendi il Re bianco immediatamente!"
  • "Crea pedoni passati e avanzali" (in finale)
  • "Usa il vantaggio di spazio per limitare i pezzi neri"

  Ora cliccando "Analizza con AI" in Scid ottieni un'analisi completa con consigli personalizzati per la posizione specific
  a! ๐Ÿš€♟️

https://github.com/EquaCoin/scidCommunity-dgx/releases/tag/v5.1.2-dgx
 

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Stockfish 18 chess engine accelerated with CUDA on NVIDIA DGX SPARK

Stockfish chess engine accelerated with CUDA on DGX SPARK, leveraging 128GB unified memory.

https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/stockfish-cuda-gpu-accelerated-chess-engine-for-dgx-spark/359551 

This project accelerates Stockfish 18, the world’s strongest open-source chess engine, using NVIDIA CUDA on DGX SPARK. It leverages the Blackwell GPU architecture and 128GB unified memory to achieve 3.3x speedup over CPU baseline. Key innovations include GPU-accelerated NNUE neural network evaluation using Tensor Cores, unified memory transposition tables up to 96GB, and batch evaluation of 256 positions. The implementation uses cudaMallocManaged for seamless CPU/GPU memory sharing and WMMA for int8 matrix operations.

Technologies Used:

  • CUDA 12.0+
  • Unified Memory (cudaMallocManaged)
  • Tensor Cores (WMMA)
  • Blackwell Architecture (SM 12.x)
  • DGX SPARK Platform

Industry/Application:
Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, High Performance Computing, Game Tree Search

Performance Metrics:

  • 400M+ nodes/second with 64 threads
  • 3.3x speedup vs CPU-only
  • 96GB unified memory utilization
  • 119GB total memory available

Links:
GitHub: Release stockfish-cuda-full (109MB) ⭐ Versione completa · EquaCoin/stockfish-dgx-spark · GitHub

Monday, February 2, 2026

SCID 5.1.0 Chess Database - ARM64 Optimized for NVIDIA DGX Spark

SCID 5.1.0 Chess Database - ARM64 Optimized for NVIDIA DGX Spark

 https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/scid-5-1-0-chess-database-arm64-optimized-for-nvidia-dgx-spark/359430

Hello NVIDIA Developer Community!

I’m excited to announce the release of SCID 5.1.0 (Shane’s Chess Information D
atabase) optimized specifically for ARM64 platforms, including the NVIDIA DGX
Spark!

ABOUT SCID

SCID is a powerful open-source chess database application used by chess profes
sionals and enthusiasts worldwide. It allows you to:

  • Manage databases with millions of chess games
  • Analyze positions with integrated chess engines
  • Study openings with ECO classification
  • View player statistics and tournament tables
  • Prepare for your next opponent

ARM64 OPTIMIZATIONS

This release is specifically optimized for ARM64 architecture with:
✓ Native ARM64 binary (no emulation)
✓ Compiler optimizations: -O3, -march=armv8-a, LTO
✓ NEON SIMD support enabled
✓ Link-time optimization for better performance
✓ Modern ARM server optimizations (SVE2, BF16 support where available)

TESTED HARDWARE

✓ NVIDIA DGX Spark ARM
✓ AWS Graviton3
✓ Ampere Altra
✓ Generic ARM64 Linux systems

DOWNLOAD

Download: Releases · EquaCoin/SCID-5.1.0-ARM64-MarcoSaba-2026 · GitHub
/download/v5.1.0-arm64/SCID-5.1.0-ARM64-MarcoSaba-2026.zip
Size: 7.8 MB
License: GPL-2.0 (same as original SCID)

QUICK START

# Extract unzip SCID-5.1.0-ARM64-MarcoSaba-2026.zip # Run cd SCID-5.1.0-ARM64-MarcoSaba-2026/scid-5.1.0-arm64 ./scid INSTALL DEPENDENCIES (if needed) ════════════════════════════════ Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install tcl tk libx11-6 zlib1g Or install system-wide: sudo cp scid /usr/local/bin/ sudo cp -r tcl /usr/local /share/scid/ sudo cp scid.eco /usr/local/share/scid/ PERFORMANCE ═══════════ This ARM64 build takes full advantage of: • ARM NEON SIMD instructions • 64-bit ARM architecture • Optimized memory access patterns • Fast integer matrix operations (I8MM) The result is a smooth, responsive chess database experience on ARM platforms! CREDITS ═══════ ARM64 Version: Marco Saba, February 2026 Original SCID: Shane Hudson, Pascal G eorges, Fulvio Benini The ARM64 optimizations include modified build scripts that auto-detect the pl atform and apply the best compiler flags for your specific ARM64 CPU (Jetson, Graviton, Ampere, etc.) FEEDBACK ════════ I'd love to hear your feedback! If you test this on your ARM64 system (especia lly Jetson or DGX platforms), please let me know how it performs. RESOURCES ═════════ • Source Code: https://github.com/EquaCoin/SCID-5.1.0-ARM64-MarcoSaba-2026 • Original SCID: http://scid.sourceforge.net/ • This Release: https://github.com/EquaCoin/SCID-5.1.0-ARM64-MarcoSaba-2026/re ases/tag/v5.1.0-arm64 Enjoy your chess analysis on ARM64! ♟️

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Marco Saba February 2026