Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 04:35:07 02/17/02
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On February 17, 2002 at 07:06:55, José Carlos wrote: >On February 16, 2002 at 22:53:30, Mike S. wrote: > >>In the SSDF thread below, Thoralf explains the SSDF will sometimes test an >>amateur, or non-commercial program (as they did with Crafty already): >> >>http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?213783 >> >>It seems unlikely that they will have the time to test more than one, if any, of >>the available strong amateur engines. So I thought maybe it would be a good idea >>for a poll question. >> >>Which amateur engine should to be tested by the SSDF? >> >>A list of at least 10 *available* strong amateur engines should be offered, to >>choose from. >> >>I'm not sure if it would make sense to demand tests of an engine unavailable to >>the public (?). Anyway, to include such engines in the poll, it would be >>necessary beforehand to know IMO, if the programmer is willing to provide a copy >>to the SSDF for testing. >> >>Of course SSDF members will decide themselves, if and which program they will >>test, but the poll results could probably be a good basis to decide which one to >>choose if they want to. >> >>Regards, >>M.Scheidl > > For that to be really interesting for SSDF people we need (IMO) an engine >which is not updated very often, for example once or twice a year like >commercials. > It also has to be very strong. > YACE seems the natural choice, but Goliath, Nejmet and Anmon probably meet the >above requeriments also. So, my suggestion: > > YACE > Nejmet > Goliath > Anmon > > José C. I would go with Yace myself, since a lot of people think it's the best one you can download for free.It would be interesting to see if this is true in the SSDF listings. Anyway I suspect that will win by a landslide in a poll.. I'm not sure about Nejmet, the recent version seems to be stronger, but it's still hasn't proven itself yet. Also less well known then Nejmet IMHO. By testing do we mean testing with the newest hardware the Athlon 1.2 Ghz? Otherwise I already see Goliath on the list.. Aaron
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