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Subject: Re: Blitz: Rybka vs Rybka

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 07:24:37 01/02/06

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On January 02, 2006 at 04:18:17, Vasik Rajlich wrote:

>On January 02, 2006 at 00:26:52, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>Hello Tom,
>>He doesn't seem too concerned about blitz performance but he has produced a
>>great engine anyway.
>>I played the 3 Rybkas vs 3 different opponents.  The opponents all used their
>>own books.  The 3 Rybkas used Fritz8.ctg.  Each Rybka played 120 games vs each
>>opponent (360 games total).  Ponder was on and each engine had it's own CPU on a
>>dual core AMD.  Here is what happened.
>>
>>Vs Fritz 8
>>Rybka Beta     66.5-53.5
>>Rybka Preview  73.0-47.0 (exceptional result)
>>Rybka Beta 7   68.0-52.0
>>
>>Vs Fruit 2.2.1
>>Rybka Beta     71.5-48.5
>>Rybka Preview  66.5-54.5
>>Rybka Beta 7   63.0-57.0
>>
>>Vs TogaII 1.1
>>Rybka Beta     78.5-41.5
>>Rybka Preview  68.5-51.5
>>Rybka Beta 7   68.5-51.5
>>
>>Totals
>>Rybka Beta      216.5/360
>>Rybka Preview   207.0/360
>>Rybka Beta 7    199.5/360
>>
>>You can see by the totals its a steady decline but probably within the error
>>bars.  Still a bit worrysome for a blitz only fan. :-)
>>(sorry for the extra messages below)
>
>I will do what I can do make Rybka a good blitzer, without messing up my search
>too much. Most people use their engines to analyze, and don't have the patience
>to wait 2 minutes on each position.
>
>Vas
Thank you for your response.  Rybka is already a good blitzer.  In fact it's the
best blitzer I own.  It's just that I think it could be better without hurting
long time controls.  At least that's my wish.



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