Author: Jim Bodkins
Date: 13:00:49 06/03/03
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On June 03, 2003 at 05:50:59, Uri Blass wrote: >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 It is very true that in order to fully understand the relative strength of an engine you need to play many many games. But honestly, if an engine wins even one match against a strong opponent it gets my attention. Doesnt make it stronger over all clearly, but interesting none the less. :) Jim
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