Author: Albert Silver
Date: 05:10:52 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
Actually, now that Goliath Blitz (equivalent to Little Goliath 4.0) is out, I
consider it to be a professional program and it _must_ be tested by the SSDF of
course.
Albert
> Anmon
>
> José C.
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