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Subject: Re: Old and new Talents Tournament: Junior 6 won - SOS was the surprise.

Author: Jason Williamson

Date: 07:09:26 05/14/00

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On May 14, 2000 at 07:09:44, Tomas Casanovas Martinez wrote:

>
>I have finished a 25 min. game tournament in 'Chessbase-Fritz environment' where
>I have invited old and new talents. here you have the results:
>
>
> YOUNG AND OLD TALENTS TOURNAMENT – Tom Casanovas   Barcelona-Spain
>
>
>
>	          1        2       3      4       5       6       7       8
>
>         9      10
>
>1 Junior 6.0	XXX	1   1	0   0	%   %	1   0	1   %	1   1	1   1	1   1	%
>1	13,0/18	11-4-3
>
>2 Fritz 6.0	0   0	XXX	1   1	%   0	1   0	1   1	1   1	1   %	%  %	1
>1	12,0/18	10-4-4
>
>3 Hiarcs 7.32	1   1	0   0	XXX	0    1	%   %	1   1	1   %	1   1	0   %	1
>%	11,5/18	 9-5-4
>
>4 SOS	         %  %	%  1	1   0	XXX	1   %	0   1	1   0	0   1	1   1	0   1	11,0/18
>9-4-5
>
>5 Crafty 16.18	0   1	0   1	%  %	0   %	XXX	1   0	0   0	%   0	%  1	1   1	 8,5/18
>6-5-7
>
>6 Nimzo 7.32	0   %	0   0	0   0	1   0	0   1	XXX	%  1	0   1	%   1	%  1	 8,0/18
>6-4-8
>
>7 Gromit  3.1	0   0	0   0	0   %	0   1	1   1	%   0	XXX	%  %	0   1	1   1	 8,0/18
>6-4-8
>
>8 Ikarus V018	0   0	0   %	0   0	1   =	%   1	1   0	%   %	XXX	%   0	1   %	 7,0/18
>4-6-8
>
>9 Phalanx XXII	0   0	%  %	1  %	0   0	%  0	%  0	1   0	%   1	XXX	%   0	 6,5/18
>3-7-8
>
>10 Patzer 3.11	%  0	0   0	0   %	1   0	0   0	%  0	0   0	0   %	%   1	XXX	 4,5/18
>2-5-11
>
>
>25 Min.  per game in Pentium II 400
>GUI Chessbase Fritz
>Standard book
>64 hash tables.
>
>Sorry for the table. I have not been able to put it in a more readable way!. :-)
>
>Some comments (with the obvious limitation of a tournament with only 90 games
>played at 25 min./game) based in my feelings about the programmes:
>
>- I used Crafty 16.18 because it is the latest Crafty I have in the CBase
>environment.
>
>- At this level of play SOS has proven to be an excellent program. It hasn't
>lost any of its billateral matches against first class opponents. Its style of
>play is very attractive and it plays also very well the endgames.
>
>- The versions of Gromit and Phalanx are strong enough to have win opportunities
>against the strongest programs. I enjoy very much the Phalanx style of play:
>aggresive and 'intuitive'. It scored excellent results against Fritz and Hiarcs.
>
>- Ikarus was another nice surprise. My feeling is that this program is stronger
>than what the final result shows.
>
>- Finally Patzer was very 'unlucky' in some games. Anyway it seems to be a small
>step below the other young talents.
>
>
>
>Regards.
>
>Tom Casanovas

Why not download Crafty 17.10 from the chessbase web page?  Along with Comet B10
and Exchess 3.11, all quite strong.  Crafty 17.10 may have added 2 more points
to crafty's score. :)



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