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Subject: Re: Fafis and Muse may be elite engines

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:32:25 10/25/04

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On October 25, 2004 at 19:27:25, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On October 24, 2004 at 16:53:41, martin fierz wrote:
>
>>On October 24, 2004 at 16:42:32, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>Not a lot of games so far, and at fast time control.
>>>AMD 2.2 GHz with 256 MB ram/engine on G/10+10 (ponder off):
>>>  Program          Elo    +   -   Games   Score   Av.Op.  Draws
>>>1 Ruffian 1.0.5  : 2759  129 167    21    73.8 %   2579   23.8 %
>>>2 Delfi 4.5 CIPS : 2707  138 121    21    66.7 %   2587   38.1 %
>>>3 Pharaon v3.1   : 2646  153 128    21    57.1 %   2596   28.6 %
>>>4 Glc 3.034      : 2631  158 118    21    54.8 %   2598   33.3 %
>>>5 Muse0899       : 2631  158 118    21    54.8 %   2598   33.3 %
>>>6 AnMon_550      : 2558  163 153    21    42.9 %   2608    9.5 %
>>>7 Fafis v1.5     : 2463  149 132    21    28.6 %   2622   28.6 %
>>>8 Dragon46Wb     : 2404  146 123    21    21.4 %   2630   33.3 %
>>>
>>>But a very impressive showing, none the less.
>>>
>>>The games so far:
>>>ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/chess-engines/new-approach/muscles.pgn.bz2
>>
>>hi dann,
>>
>>nice to see that kind of subject header :-)
>>but i have tested muse much more thoroughly than you have, and can say with
>>certainty that it is NOT an elite engine. based on my results it should have a
>>WBEC rating of around 2420. however, i cannot resist posting a game that patrick
>>buchmann recorded during his test of muse... now that's what i call nice - not
>>just the result, but also because it really played a nice game!
>>
>>the bottom line: muse sometimes plays quite nice games, but it also blunders
>>horribly from time to time. it's simply not a mature engine (yet, i hope).
>
>[Game snipped]
>30 games is enough to see a general trend.
>Muse ranked 163 Elo below Ruffian, and 98 Elo below Delphi, and so very likely
>they are somewhat stronger.  But for other bigshots like the new Pharaon, GLC
>and AnMon, Muse is of commensurate strength.  At least according to one set of
>measurements.
>
>  Program          Elo    +   -   Games   Score   Av.Op.  Draws
>1 Ruffian 1.0.5  : 2760  101 128    30    75.0 %   2570   30.0 %
>2 Delfi 4.5 CIPS : 2695  112 102    30    65.0 %   2587   36.7 %
>3 Pharaon v3.1   : 2647  122 105    30    58.3 %   2589   30.0 %
>4 Glc 3.034      : 2634  127 102    30    55.0 %   2599   30.0 %
>5 Muse0899       : 2597  114 114    30    50.0 %   2597   26.7 %
>6 AnMon_550      : 2553  125 122    30    41.7 %   2612   16.7 %
>7 Fafis v1.5     : 2477  127 106    30    30.0 %   2624   26.7 %
>8 Dragon46Wb     : 2437  128 101    30    25.0 %   2628   30.0 %

Individual statistics for Muse:
5 Muse0899 : 2597   30 (+ 11,=  8,- 11), 50.0 %

Ruffian_105  :   4 (+  0,=  1,-  3), 12.5 %
Delfi        :   4 (+  0,=  2,-  2), 25.0 %
Glc3034      :   5 (+  1,=  1,-  3), 30.0 %
Pharaon      :   4 (+  2,=  1,-  1), 62.5 %
AnMon_550    :   4 (+  3,=  0,-  1), 75.0 %
Fafis        :   4 (+  2,=  2,-  0), 75.0 %
Dragon46Wb   :   5 (+  3,=  1,-  1), 70.0 %




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