Author: Paul Doire
Date: 22:37:51 11/13/00
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On November 14, 2000 at 00:00:43, Jon Dart wrote: >On November 13, 2000 at 22:27:20, Paul Doire wrote: > >>I recently downloaded Chessvision Freeware.IT is a database program.You can >>however play winboard tourneys with some >>engines.I.E.Arasan,Phalanx,Crafty,Amy,Gnuchess,Gromit,TCB,Bionic,Cilian,Comet, >>Yace and so on.They have preconfigured INI files for most.I have played dozens >>of games engine vs. engine and invariably Arasan is the victor by a wide >>margin.Yet as we all know on Winboard Crafty reigns supreme.Anyone know why? >>Comments? > >Well, for starters, running tests on one box with a GUI in between is >not the optimal setup (better to use two machines if you can). Plus >you need to make sure that the engines have a comparable setup: e.g. >both are using pondering (or not), both have opening books enabled, etc. >My guess is something's wrong with your setup, but I don't have any >experience with Chessvision so I can't be more specific. Why not >run your tournament with Winboard? Most of these engines were designed >to work in that environment, and you'll get a lot more help here if >you have problems with it. > >--Jon Thanks I run both with pondering,Chessvision requires you to use their databases for books. So all engines reference the same book.When I run the same engines in WinBoard I get a more typical result, like what you see posted here and at Franks WinBoard page. I thought I was getting a "deal" it was a free download and was winboard compatible to some degree and able to run tournaments. It sure was funny watching Arasan beat all comers with white or black, time after time. It's available at http://www.microvision.nl/ Interesting product, but I would never purchase it.
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