Author: José Carlos
Date: 04:43:20 02/17/02
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On February 17, 2002 at 07:35:07, Aaron Tay wrote: >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. In my tests, Nejmet is at the same strength level as YACE. They both are really strong. >By testing do we mean testing with the newest hardware the Athlon 1.2 Ghz? >Otherwise I already see Goliath on the list.. Sorry for that. I didn't see it. >Aaron José C.
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