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Subject: Re: Padeborn round 1: few surprises

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:06:10 02/11/04

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On February 11, 2004 at 16:48:33, Uri Blass wrote:

>On February 11, 2004 at 15:10:20, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On February 11, 2004 at 13:43:10, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>
>>>On February 11, 2004 at 13:21:05, George Sobala wrote:
>>>
>>>>Fritz, Shredder, Yace and Diep win their games.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.uni-paderborn.de/~IPCCC/IPCCC2004/games.html#Round1
>>>
>>>6 Quark - Gandalf 1-0
>>>
>>>Definately a surprise. I was expecting big things from Gandalf. Indeed a
>>>surprise that Quark won.
>>
>>The latest Quark is pretty strong, from what I have seen.  Here is a result from
>>a recent "over the weekend" quick peek at G/10:
>>
>>   Program                          Elo    +   -   Games   Score   Av.Op.  Draws
>> 1 List 512                       : 2702  145 235    17    76.5 %   2497   11.8
>>%
>> 2 Smarthink-017a                 : 2698  138 236    18    77.8 %   2480   11.1
>>%
>> 3 Crafty-19.10                   : 2603  153 169    18    66.7 %   2482   22.2
>>%
>> 4 Crafty-19.10 SE - 2004 CCT Ch. : 2585  162 184    18    61.1 %   2506   11.1
>>%
>> 5 Ruffian 1.0.5                  : 2570  173 183    17    58.8 %   2508   11.8
>>%
>> 6 Aristarch 4.41                 : 2569  162 135    18    61.1 %   2490   33.3
>>%
>> 7 Quark v2.32beta                : 2549  178 164    17    55.9 %   2508   17.6
>>%
>> 8 Deep Sjeng 0.99.8              : 2544  172 172    18    55.6 %   2506   11.1
>>%
>> 9 Delfi 4.3                      : 2541  178 164    17    55.9 %   2500   17.6
>>%
>>10 Rebel12_CB                     : 2537  178 191    17    55.9 %   2496    5.9
>>%
>>11 Green Light Chess v3.00        : 2537  178 120    17    55.9 %   2496   41.2
>>%
>>12 Gothmog 0.4.5                  : 2511  184 184    17    50.0 %   2511    5.9
>>%
>>13 ELChinito 3.25                 : 2510  170 170    17    50.0 %   2510   17.6
>>%
>>14 Averno v0.70 CCT6 (averno)     : 2475  156 178    18    47.2 %   2494   16.7
>>%
>>15 Gromit382                      : 2430  183 173    17    41.2 %   2492   11.8
>>%
>>16 Abrok 5.0                      : 2427  191 157    19    39.5 %   2501    5.3
>>%
>>17 Dragon 4.5 CF                  : 2397  197 162    17    35.3 %   2503   11.8
>>%
>>18 Olithink413                    : 2354  178 153    17    29.4 %   2506   23.5
>>%
>>19 Arasan 7.3a                    : 2349  225 141    19    28.9 %   2505    5.3
>>%
>>20 PatzerUCI Leiden               : 2335  246 149    17    26.5 %   2512    5.9
>>%
>>21 DANCHESS 1.04                  : 2289  236 138    18    22.2 %   2506   11.1
>>%
>>
>>It appears to be roughly in the area of Aristarch strength, which is strong
>>enough to beat anyone.
>
>It seems that you simply do not have enough games to know.
>It is known that quark is in the premier division.

I agree.  That is why I used expressions like "quick peek" and "roughly".

>The difference between programs in the premier division is too small to get
>conclusions from 17 games.

But it is enough games to know it is pretty strong.

>I do not think that the win of Quark against Gandalf is a big surprise.
>Gandalf may be the favourite but not by a big margin.

They are probably within 100 Elo of each other, in any case.



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