Author: Shep
Date: 06:49:40 06/09/99
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On June 09, 1999 at 06:36:07, Baldomero Garcia, Jr. wrote: >On June 08, 1999 at 08:54:02, Shep wrote: > >> Hiarcs 7.32 >> Chessmaster 5555 >I would agree that a preliminary match between cm5555 and cm6000 is in order to >determine the player. I would much rather see cm6000 play, since it's the >latest version. 1) I'd rather have the strongest, not the latest version participate. :) 2) Preliminaries between different versions of the same program is pretty pointless to me. Because if the programmer has mostly tested against his previous versions, the new one is only fine-tuned against this one opponent (I know Johan does not work this way, but it's a principle to me). Either 5555 AND 6000 will play or 5555 alone. >> Chess Tiger 11.5 >> Chess Tiger 11.9 >Other people said it already: I'd much rather see only one version of this >program, even if it was the champion last year. Seems the majority sees it that way. But this is not an election, sorry. ;-) If Christophe steps forward and says "I'm also in favour of dropping 11.5", I will do it, but if not, I'll rather keep it. >> Chess System Tal II >Has this program performed well vs other programs? I haven't heard much about >it. A couple of programs I have not been able to test (because I bought them just a few days/weeks ago) will play without prior 'quality tests', simply based on their good reputation. CSTal, Shredder, Nimzo and LGGold fall in this category. >> Shredder 3.0 >> Nimzo 99 >> Fritz 5.32 >> Rebel 10.0a EOC >I'd say the author of the program should decide which version should play >(whether it's the a, b, c or d version) Remember this is not WCCC (or WMCCC or UWMCCC), so I have a different approach to this matter. Of course, if Ed insists he wants 10d (or 10.5, wink, wink :-) in it, I'll do it because I respect the fact he knows Rebel best. But 10c is out of the question. :) >> Junior 5.0 >> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (The final competitor remains to be >> (XXXXXXX XXXXXX, announced.) >> XXX) >So, who's the top SSDF/Selective Search program that's not included? Whichever >one it is should fill this spot. Whoops. That would be Fritz 5.16. Ah, but no-one wants two instances of the same... ;-) Or Rebel 9 - wait, no... Nimzo 98... hmmmm... Hiarcs 6... Aaargh!! Seems everyone is already there in their newest version. :-) As I said, MChess is my #1 choice for the final slot (CM 6000 being the #2). Both 7 and 8 haven't played too successfully at SCCS so far (except at faster time controls). But if Marty doesn't come up with 9 beta, I will probably have MCP8 in. Or play a qualifier series MCHess 8 vs. CM 6000. (Sounds good to me. Maybe I will already start it today.) I will not make a final decision about these issues (Tiger 11.5 in/out, Rebel 10a/10d, CM6000/MCP8) until the starting date anyway (this will be sometime during the week starting on June 21st). --- Shep
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