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Subject: Re: SmartThink seems to be stronger than Ruffian 1.0.1 under Fritz8 !

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:50:59 06/03/03

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On June 03, 2003 at 05:07:32, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>I read by the Author of SmartThink that his program is over 2700 using Deep
>Fritz Opening. First I doubted him, but I decided to test SmarThink under Fritz8
>GUI against Ruffian 1.0.1 both using (Fritz8.ctg) at 40/40 time control and so
>far SmarThink is winning by good margin W4 L1 D3 I will continue this match
>until it reach 20 games. This won't determine anything, but it is clearly
>indicating that Smarthink might be much stronger than Ruffian under Fritz8 GUI.
>It could be that SmarThink doesn't have a good solid book like Ruffian 1.0.1 but
>by using Fritz8.ctg opening book it gave SmarThink what is missing so badly.
>
>Pichard

It is also possible that ruffian simply plays weaker moves in games when it
plays under Fritz8 and not under winboard.

I found that a version of movei may behave in a different way under Fritz8 and
under winboard and the result is that today I suspect that it may be the case
for other engines.

Uri



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