Author: Nick Rowe
Date: 16:30:03 02/25/04
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I was hoping shredder 8 would have been on the list i'm convinved it's the strongest available program > THE SSDF RATING LIST 2004-02-25 96395 games played by 262 computers > Rating + - Games Won Oppo > ------ --- --- ----- --- ---- > 1 Shredder 7.04 UCI 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2808 26 -25 866 73% 2631 > 2 Junior 8.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2785 29 -27 664 68% 2654 > 3 Shredder 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2771 27 -25 801 70% 2622 > 4 Deep Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2767 26 -25 818 67% 2639 > 5 Fritz 8.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2757 22 -22 1043 65% 2648 > 6 Deep Junior 8.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2747 35 -33 439 64% 2642 > 7 Hiarcs 9.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2745 28 -27 680 63% 2653 > 8 Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2743 29 -28 634 63% 2652 > 9 Shredder 6.0 Pad UCI 256MB Athlon 1200 2724 22 -22 1033 62% 2640 > 10 Shredder 6.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2722 31 -30 547 62% 2633 > 11 Chess Tiger 15.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2719 23 -22 968 59% 2655 > 12 Chessmaster 9000 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2718 36 -36 376 55% 2680 > 13 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200 2717 30 -30 557 61% 2638 > 14 Deep Fritz 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2716 30 -29 571 61% 2641 > 15 Gambit Tiger 2.0 256MB Athlon 1200 2713 29 -29 583 58% 2655 > 16 Shredder 7.0 UCI 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2702 37 -36 369 57% 2653 > 17 Junior 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2699 24 -24 841 55% 2667 > 18 Rebel 12.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2691 37 -36 382 59% 2629 > 19 Hiarcs 8.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2683 22 -22 996 53% 2662 > 20 Ruffian 1.0.1 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2678 29 -29 565 53% 2657 > 21 Rebel Century 4.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2674 29 -29 590 60% 2604 > 22 Deep Sjeng 1.5a 256MB Athlon 1200 MH 2670 34 -33 430 54% 2644 > 23 Chess Tiger 15.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2665 34 -33 433 52% 2649 > 24 Shredder 5.32 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2661 26 -26 739 50% 2659 > 25 Gandalf 4.32h 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2658 31 -31 514 53% 2635 > 26 Deep Fritz 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2653 31 -31 498 53% 2634 > 27 Gandalf 5.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2649 45 -46 242 44% 2692 > 28 Gandalf 5.1 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2637 25 -25 758 55% 2604 > 29 Junior 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2633 21 -21 1079 58% 2579 > 30 Crafty 18.12/CB 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2615 27 -27 647 52% 2604 > 31 Ruffian 2.0.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2611 57 -57 151 48% 2628 > 32 Gromit 3.11.9 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2608 44 -46 246 43% 2661 > 33 Yace Paderborn 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2605 35 -35 389 48% 2619 > 34 Hiarcs 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2586 33 -34 440 42% 2646 > 35 Rebel Century 4.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2567 52 -53 178 46% 2593 > 36 Nimzo 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2554 21 -21 1082 49% 2560 > 37 Gandalf 5.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2538 73 -68 102 60% 2464 > 38 SOS 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2518 16 -16 1865 40% 2593 > 39 Chessmaster 8000 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2517 44 -45 251 45% 2550 > 40 Goliath Light 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2516 20 -20 1254 35% 2622 > 41 MChess Pro 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2479 25 -26 753 40% 2550 > 42 Genius 6.5 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2476 29 -29 565 48% 2489 > 43 R30 v. 2.5 2275 41 -38 343 69% 2136 > 44 Mephisto London 68 030 36 MHz 2214 50 -49 200 52% 2203 > 45 Meph Genius 68 030 33 MHz 2196 43 -42 267 55% 2157 > 46 Chess Tiger 14.9 Palm m515 16MB 42MHz 2101 69 -74 100 39% 2180 > 47 Atlanta SH7000 20 MHz 2085 28 -27 687 67% 1958 > 48 Star Sapphire 2029 69 -69 103 50% 2029 > 49 Sapphire II 2008 33 -32 484 62% 1923 > 50 Chess Genius 1.5 Palm m515 16MB 42MHz 1870 69 -78 100 32% 2003 > > > > 12 Chessmaster 9000 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz, 2718 >Shr7.04 A1200 17-24 DpFrit7 A1200 10-30 Fritz 8 A1200 17.5-22.5 >Hiarcs9 A1200 17-23 CT 15.0 A1200 18.5-21.5 CT14 CB K6450 7-4 >Fritz6 K6-450 30-12 Junior6 K6450 25.5-14.5 Shred5 K6-450 34.5-7.5 >Nimz732 K6450 31-9 > > 18 Rebel 12.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz, 2691 >Junior8 A1200 14.5-26.5 Hiarcs9 A1200 20-22 CT 15.0 A1200 18.5-21.5 >Junior7 K6450 16.5-5.5 Fritz6 K6-450 22-22 Ch.Ti12 K6450 20.5-23.5 >Shred5 K6-450 39-18 SOS K6-2 450 34-8 Goliath K6450 39-11 > > 22 Deep Sjeng 1.5a 256MB Athlon 1200 MH, 2670 >Shr7.04 A1200 5-12 Junior8 A1200 12.5-27.5 Fritz 8 A1200 11-29 >Hiarcs9 A1200 18-24 CT 15.0 A1200 21.5-18.5 DpFritz7 K6-2 8.5-9.5 >Fritz6 K6-450 25.5-17.5 Junior6 K6450 24.5-15.5 Shred5 K6-450 27.5-12.5 >Hiar732 K6450 17-6 SOS K6-2 450 29-14 Fritz532 P200 31-13 > > 31 Ruffian 2.0.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz, 2611 >Shredd7 K6450 11-14 Junior7 A1200 14.5-25.5 DpFritz7 K6-2 19-25 >Fritz532 P200 27.5-14.5 > > 48 Star Sapphire, 2029 >Montreux 2-2 RISC 2500 6-14 Atlanta 9.5-10.5 >Sapphire II 10.5-9.5 Sapphire 12-8 Milano Pro 8-4 >Almeria 68000 3.5-3.5 > > > >Ubi Soft claims that Chessmaster is "The World's Most Popular >Chess Program"! I don't know if that is correct or not, but it >could be, in some sense. Among the testers of SSDF though, the >Chessmaster programs are certainly not the most popular in the >sense frequently tested. Why is it so? With all other commercially >available chess programs that we have come across for many years, it's >easily possible to play long series of games against other programs >automatically, 24 hours a day. But not with Chessmaster! > >Well, it's possible to do it with another programs interface, opening >book and learning function, but we eventually came to the conclusion that >this method wasn't fair... Instead some of us have managed to play one game >at a time automatically with Chessmaster 9000 Athlon 1200 MHz, using >winboard232. After 376 games Johan de Konings program has received >a rating of 2718! That is roughly 120 points more than the estimated >rating of CM8000 on the same hardware!! > >When testing CM9000 we have used the original program (version 1.0.0), >under it's original interface with it's own opening book, which doesn't >have any learning function. The hashtables have been set to 64MB. > >Another new entrant from a computer chess veteran is Ed Schröders Rebel 12 >Athlon 1200 MHz. This Windows(!)-program is running under the Chess Partner- >interface and has the version number 12.00.01. After 382 games it has a >rating of 2691, which is 17 points more than Rebel Century 4.0 has. > >A completely new entry on the SSDF Rating list is Deep Sjeng 1.5a Athlon >1200 MHz, also running under the Chess Partner interface. The program is >written by Gian-Carlo Pascutto and the opening book is made by Jeroen Noomen. >Deep Sjeng supports up to eight processors. When tested on one it's rating >is 2670! > >About a year ago Ruffian 1.0.1 entered the rating list as the strongest freeware >program. Now Per-Ola Valfridssons program has become commercially available, >running under the Arena Chess GUI written by Martin Blume and with an opening >book from Djordje Vidanovic. After 151 games Ruffian 2.0.0 A1200 has 2611, which >is 67 points less than version 1.0.1 has. February 24 two new versions of >Ruffian 2 became available, and we will play with either of them instead, >hopefully with better results than with version 2.0.0. > >Nowadays very few new chess computers are included in the SSDF rating list. >Thanks to Schach Niggemann we've got the possibility to test Novag's Star >Sapphire, written by Dave Kittinger. After 103 games Star Sapphire's rating is >2029, 21 point more than it's predecessor Sapphire II has. > >We have now started to test Deep Fritz 8.0 and will later play with a new >version of Ruffian 2 and with Shredder 8.0. > >Thoralf Karlsson
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