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Subject: Re: Fast HW

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 09:16:00 12/15/01

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On December 15, 2001 at 03:50:10, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On December 15, 2001 at 01:04:22, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>played a few games on ICC, and it's pretty damn strong.
>>
>>Here's an example.  In a 5 5 game tonight, Yace went from a negative score to
>>like +2 in 10-15 seconds, like right out of book vs Rebel.  How long does it
>>take your prog to go positive in this position?
>>
>>[D]1q2kb1r/3n1ppp/2b1p3/1Np3N1/1p1Pn3/1B6/1P2QPPP/2B2RK1 w k - 0 1
>
>3.0 seconds on an Athlon 1000
>
>Sjeng: go
>Opening phase.
>Time for move : 1200000
> 2     -96    12      297  Nxe4 Qxb5
> 2     -96    12     1113  Nxe4 Qxb5
> 3     -96    13     2023  Nxe4 Qxb5 Bc4
> 3     -96    15     6426  Nxe4 Qxb5 Bc4
> 4     -96    16     9695  Nxe4 Bxb5 Bc4 Bxc4 Qxc4
> 4     -96    24    26691  Nxe4 Bxb5 Bc4 Bxc4 Qxc4
> 5     -90    26    30692  Nxe4 Bxb5 Bc4 Bxc4 Qxc4 Nb6
> 5     -90    43    69967  Nxe4 Bxb5 Bc4 Bxc4 Qxc4 Nb6
> 6     -84    48    84218  Nxe4 Bxb5 Bc4 Bxc4 Qxc4 Qc7 dxc5 Bxc5
> 6     -83    66   121875  Nxf7 !
> 6     -57    79   152979  Nxf7 !!
> 6     -15   152   310066  Nxf7 Kxf7 Qg4 Qe8 Nc7 Ndf6 Qf4 Qd8 Bxe6+
> 6     -15   175   368981  Nxf7 Kxf7 Qg4 Qe8 Nc7 Ndf6 Qf4 Qd8 Bxe6+
> 7       6   300   631127  Nxf7 Kxf7 Qg4 Qe8 Qf5+ Nef6 Nc7 Be4 Qg5 Qd8 Bxe6+
> 7       6   374   835975  Nxf7 Kxf7 Qg4 Qe8 Qf5+ Nef6 Nc7 Be4 Qg5 Qd8 Bxe6+
> 8      39   526  1242897  Nxf7 !!
> 8     132   993  2251372  Nxf7 Kxf7 Qg4 c4 Bxc4 Qe8 Qf5+ Ndf6 Nc7 Nd6 Bxe6+ Ke7
>Qe5
> 8     132  1149  2601088  Nxf7 Kxf7 Qg4 c4 Bxc4 Qe8 Qf5+ Ndf6 Nc7 Nd6 Bxe6+ Ke7
>Qe5
> 9     165  1529  3567486  Nxf7 !!
> 9     174  2784  6158155  Nxf7 Kxf7 Qg4 Bd5 Bxd5 exd5 Qxd7+ Kg6 Qc6+ Nf6 dxc5
>Qd8 Bd2 b3
> 9     174  3142  6990592  Nxf7 Kxf7 Qg4 Bd5 Bxd5 exd5 Qxd7+ Kg6 Qc6+ Nf6 dxc5
>Qd8 Bd2 b3
>
>--
>GCP

Hey!  Sjeng isn't supposed to beat up on Yace, especially on my new fast hw :(
You're spoiling my fun.

Seriously, Sjeng seems to have improved dramatically from the days when Amateur
seemed to handle it pretty well.  See below.  (I wonder why the CCC search
engine removes excess spaces, screwing up the format?)

May 2000
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Active Accounts -- Blitz
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ACCOUNT BLITZ R(mhz) AVG CHANGE WIN% GP/WK TGP ACTIVE

JZInsomniac 2910 2929 | 2645 +88 | 72% 48 158 22
MissSilicon 2689 2719 | 2665 +8 | 60% 34 1643 327
JudgeTurpin 2563 2633 | 2600 -13 | 73% 53 2560 208
QueenMaxima 2598 2628 | 2526 +24 | 80% 378 6246 80
Beadle 2548 2618 | 2586 -13 | 78% 93 4424 208
PostModernist 2581 2611 | 2593 -5 | 64% 185 8792 332
RedBear 2557 2587 | 2543 +4 | 58% 22 1077 286
Amateur 2563 2582 | 2572 -4 | 57% 70 3369 15
Falke 2582 2567 | 2555 +8 | 71% 4 45 44
gambitmaster 2451 2521 | 2508 -20 | 74% 21 999 15
ArasanX 2542 2520 | 2525 +5 | 62% 33 1597 327
Gnuchess 2464 2483 | 2488 -9 | 72% 67 840 86
Nymph 2438 2479 | 2393 +14 | 69% 240 2498 36
Hossa 2411 2444 | 2453 -15 | 57% 297 14117 137
Sjeng 2381 2422 | 2329 +17 | 70% 358 1161 22
Tinker 2438 2418 | 2432 +2 | 69% 114 2244 137
TerraPi 2177 2247 | 2097 +26 | 74% 59 194 22
stormx 2203 2203 | 2216 -5 | 76% 29 548 36

What would you characterize as the biggest improvement you made?

Will




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