Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 03:14:05 11/21/03
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On November 21, 2003 at 06:04:41, Tord Romstad wrote: >On November 20, 2003 at 19:14:15, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>Ruffian 2.0 by Per-Ola Valfridsson (Sweden) is the strongest Winboard >compatible engine in the world today. > >It seems clear that it is one of the strongest Winboard engines, but is >it really that clear that it is stronger than The King, Rebel and Sjeng? >I haven't followed the latest tournament results closely, but to me it >seems that all four engines have comparable strength. > >>Linux engine included > >I suppose this is good news to most Linux users, but to me it is not very >exciting. Yace, Phalanx, Crafty and Pepito are all strong enough to >easily beat me and my engine, and I don't see why I would want something >stronger. > >I wish there were more weak engines available for Linux. I am tired of >seeing my engine lose all test matches I run by huge margins. Without >all the good results I recieve from Winboard and UCI users, I would >probably have given up in despair a long time ago. > >Tord Hi Tord, you are speaking from the over one year old Ruffian 1.05 version? It's nice to see that the older Ruffian version played on the same level as the newest TheKing, Rebel, Sjeng versions. And it's great that we such a strong engine as Freeware, isn't it? Per-Ola work a long time on the new version and with the most compatible computer chess GUI Arena (like it, that the GUI is not commercial because all of us must have a chance to play under Arena) we have a very strong product with potential for the future. We start now with Ruffian ... and the companay have a lot of nice ideas to create strong software. After 2 years we are ready with Arena 1.0 and now we sprint in speedy time to the runway for take off. Fly with us, if I look on the windows in my office I saw a lot of flying Gladiators with hold Arena and a notebook in the hand :-)) Have a nice day! Best Frank
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