Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 06:23:44 11/21/03
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On November 21, 2003 at 06:14:05, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >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? Possibly. I usually don't pay much attention to the version numbers of the engines, and it is entirely possible that the results I have seen are for older versions. >It's nice to see that the older Ruffian version played on the same level as the >newest TheKing, Rebel, Sjeng versions. But at least in the case of The King and Sjeng, the newest versions are rather old, aren't they? >And it's great that we such a strong engine as Freeware, isn't it? Definitely, yes. Although I personally find weaker engines much more enjoyable, I understand perfectly well that others want the strongest possible engine. >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 :-)) I'm afraid I can't fly with you, because I'm a MacOS and Linux user! :-) But anyway, I am happy that my engine (from what I have heard) runs flawlessly in Arena. Hopefully my engine will soon also be able to play FRC in Arena. >Have a nice day! I wish you the same! And good luck with your excellent program(s)! Tord
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