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I have two weight files, one with a size of 6MB and the other 45MB (files is listed here). The problem is that when I start to compute a move, it takes too much time, especially when I use the larger weight file. Below I start lc0 with the larger weight file

$> ./build/release/lc0 --weights=/weights/weight-4305
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|_ |_ |_| v0.23.0-dev+git.9bac230 built Oct 17 2019

and compute a move

position fen rnb1kb1r/pp1p1ppp/4pn2/q7/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 3 6
go  wtime 59000 btime 59000

I get 

Loading weights file from: /weights/weight-4305
Creating backend [blas]...
Using Eigen version 3.3.5
BLAS max batch size is 256.
info depth 1 seldepth 1 time 193 nodes 1 score cp 44 hashfull 0 nps 5 
tbhits 0 pv d4b3
bestmove d4b3

This takes approximately 3 seconds. Now, when I do this computation again, it seems to take even more time

position fen rnb1kb1r/pp1p1ppp/4pn2/q7/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 3 6
go  wtime 59000 btime 59000
info depth 2 seldepth 2 time 4957 nodes 3 score cp 44 hashfull 0 nps 0 tbhits 0 pv c1d2 a7a6
bestmove c1d2 ponder a7a6

If I use the smaller weight file it takes about 1 seconds.

In my case I would like to use lc0 to play 1 minute games, so these delays are way to huge. For example, I'm also using Stockfish which doesn't have these issues.

I would like to play 1 minutes games with lc0, but with these slow computation times it is not possible. Is there a way to speed things up?

If you want to see it yourself, I've published lc0 on my DockerHub, so you can try it out yourself

Using the smaller weight file:

$> docker run --rm -it jeanluca/leela-chess-zero:1.0.2

And to run the one using the bigger weight file

$> docker run --rm -it jeanluca/leela-chess-zero:latest

After you have entered one of the above commands you can simply past the positions into the terminal and see the result

Also, to get an idea of how I've build lc0, here is my dockerfile

From jeanluca/base:latest

RUN apt update && apt install clang-6.0 ninja-build pkg-config protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev meson -y &&\
git clone https://github.com/LeelaChessZero/lc0.git &&\
cd lc0 && ./build.sh -Dblas=true -Deigen=true
COPY ./weights /weights
CMD ["/lc0/build/release/lc0", "--weights=/weights/weight-4305", "--threads=4" ]
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    Looks fine to me, but you should clarify your exact question. It's hard to find in the code and explanations.
    – Herb
    Oct 18, 2019 at 16:04
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    It turns out that the bigger the weight file, the more time it takes to compute moves. It can be solved to use the GPU, which I don't have / or can't use :(
    – Jeanluca Scaljeri
    Oct 18, 2019 at 19:11
  • Without GPU, I think there is little reason to try to use lc0.
    – RemcoGerlich
    Oct 21, 2019 at 7:49

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The bigger weights file corresponds to a larger Neural Network, which means more computation per node, but better evaluation per node.This is expected, and there is nothing that can make a bigger NN as fast as a smaller NN. The best solution is to use a small NN for blitz time control. I would personally recommend LD2 (available at Lc0.org/LD2)

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