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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