Author: Peter Berger
Date: 11:11:29 12/21/01
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On December 21, 2001 at 12:26:08, Christophe Theron wrote: >You need to add several others to the list of commercial program. > >You have to add Rebel and Gandalf (soon). > >With this, you have the 17 first places in the SSDF taken by commercial >programmers! > > > > Christophe I feel somehow uneasy about the direction this discussion takes so I will answer very briefly. No, I don't think I have to add any engine to the list using your strong definition. Gandalf is one of the engines that competes with the top availlable amateur chessprograms regularly in user tournaments - it does fine but it is not really superior. A new version might be better but that's guesswork . Newer versions of the amateur engines will be better,too. For Rebel Century the SSDF gives some idea about its strength ( I know about some of the problems, but still ..). The reason the first 17 places in the SSDF are taken by commercial programmers is simply that the strong amateurs are not tested by them IMHO. I think you underestimate the amateurs here and probably don't spend too much time dealing with them. I like to match amateur programs against professionals for my private enjoyment and I think I am not too far off here. OK - I really hope noone will jump on me for this post and that it is safely hidden in this huge thread . Merry Christmas, pete
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