Author: stuart taylor
Date: 01:20:07 04/12/01
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On April 11, 2001 at 08:49:21, Scott Woods wrote: >Stuart, > >Very simple really. > >There have been a lot of posts on this site saying that CM8K is weak. > -"A larger opening book is the problem" > -"Weak in the endgame- needs table bases" > >There have been questions over which patch has been tested etc etc. > >Then there are posts of how well "The King" does when "Johan de Koenig" operates >the machine. > >A bit confusing all round. > >The proof of the pudding as they say..... >So I am volunteering myself to play 100 games of CM8K v1.02 against Fritz 6e. >because they are the 2 chess programs I currently own and I have to start >somewhere. > >My budget doesn't run to identical hardware so I have given Fritz the better >machine. It has the benefit 64Mg more memory, twice the amount of hash tables - >a faster processor and tablebases. > > - if the games look a bit one sided in favour of the faster hardware - I'll >swap the hardware at game 50. > >When we get to 100 games - we should have a fair idea of how well CM8K plays >against Fritz 6e. > >I will publish on this site every 10 games the results, settings, hardware specs >etc etc > >Then I'll go out and buy "Deep Something or other" and/or some of the other >engines that are well respected on this site and repeat the exercise. > >Will this prove which is the strongest chess engine in the market? > - Of course it won't. > >What it will illustrate is how well CM8K plays against those other engines, > > > >As for playing CM6K against CM8K - I will leave that for someone else as CM6K >does not allow winboard232.exe autoplay This certainly sounds very worthwhile. But only if the nature of Fritz 6e is known, and/or other programs will/have also be(en) compared to it. (nb when I said earlier about 6e being weaker than 6a, I meaned 6b is weaker, not 6e. 6e maybe too, but I don't know). "Will it prove which is the strongest chess engine in the market?" Of course, after a few tests with CM8K it will strongly indicate where CM8K stands, even if does not play all of them. S.Taylor
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