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Subject: Re: Zappa web update & a few other things

Author: gerold daniels

Date: 20:25:10 08/27/05

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On August 27, 2005 at 23:07:45, A. Cozzie wrote:

>Now that I am a graduate student, I have updated the Zappa webpage and moved it
>to the university's site.  So, while I appreciate Volker's hard work, I don't
>have to steal his bandwidth anymore :)
>
>The new site: http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/acozzie2/www/zappa
>
>(it really amazes me that there is another acozzie in the world)
>
>Updates to the site:
>
>Zappa 1.1 (bugfix of 1.0, singular extensions actually work now, plus a few
>trivial things).
>Win64 and Linux versions.
>(Yes, Zappa 2.0 will be commercial.  It should be released sometime in
>September.  The engine is ready; the GUI is not.  Although it does look Really
>Nice).
>
>Games commented by GM Ehlvest (don't look for any serious analysis, just what he
>was thinking when he played the moves).
>
>Zappa's games from the WCCC with score/depth/time for each move, and in a nice
>format too :)
>
>Photo-journal for the WCCC and also the excursion we took. Note: I am not a fan
>of thumbnails.  Total its about a 3MB download for both  Perhaps a bit large if
>you are on dialup.
>
>Requests:
>
>I have been making two statements in the past few weeks that to be honest I have
>no real proof of, only a gut feeling, namely a) that Zappa 1.0 (1.1) is a
>reasonably strong engine, and b) that Zappa in general is much stronger at
>longer TC than blitz.
>
>So I would be very interested in someone running a few matches, namely:
>
>Zappa 1.1 64bits - Fruit 2.1, 100 games, fritz8.ctg+swap-sides, tc. 5+1
>Zappa 1.1 64bits - Fruit 2.1, 100 games, fritz8.ctg+swap-sides, tc 15+5
>Zappa 1.1 64bits - Fruit 2.1, 100 games, fritz8.ctg+swap-sides, tc 40+10
>Zappa 1.1 64bits - Fruit 2.1, 100 games, fritz8.ctg+swap-sides, tc 90+30.
>
>I know that is a lot of CPU time (a few weeks total, I think), so only do it if
>you are interested.  I don't think 1.1 is quite a match for Fruit (even in
>90+30), but I'm curious to see how it does.  I know from talking to Fabien that
>he would also be interested in a match like this, which is why I'm suggesting
>Fruit.
>
>Anyway, if the score is the same for all timecontrols, then I will have to
>recant my statements :)
>
>anthony

Nice web site Anthony. Thanks.

Gerold.



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