Author: Pete Galati
Date: 01:03:05 11/14/00
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On November 14, 2000 at 01:37:51, Paul Doire wrote: >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. That is a problem, and probably only part of the problem. You need to run it in Winboard where they each use their own books. I messed up and ran a tournament with Crafty that was using my book for it, and that cripples Crafty quite a bit. I looked at the Chessvision site quite a while ago and decided I didn't like what they offered very much, but that was just my opinion, I thought Winboard actually offered me more personally. Pete >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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