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Subject: Re: Checkers Programs

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 01:58:45 08/12/03

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On August 12, 2003 at 04:39:36, martin fierz wrote:

>On August 11, 2003 at 20:51:54, ludicrous wrote:
>
>>A little bit off topic, but I'd like to know if there is a SSDF-like list for
>>Checkers Programs?    I've heard of KINGSROW and it seems to be the Ruffian
>>equivalent of Checkers.
>>
>>Which is the strongest?
>>
>>What is the rating systems used in Checkers?
>
>there is no SSDF-like list for checkers programs. there are a couple of strong
>checkers programs out there, all are by far good enough to beat any human. there
>are two strong free programs, you should check out these first; kingsrow and
>cake "sans souci" for the checkerboard interface.
>
>the strongest commercial engine is nemesis, which won the computer world
>championship in front of kingsrow and cake in august 2002, but with a very
>narrow margin. i don't think it is any better than the improved 8pc versions of
>kingsrow and cake which have been published after the championship - nemesis was
>never updated since then.
>
>the chinook team has completed the 10pc endgame database early this year, and
>with that, chinook will be the strongest program there is.

How do you know it?

the fact that a program has more tablebases does not mean automatically that it
is stronger.

Without testing it is impossible to know.

Uri



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