Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 03:44:33 01/20/02
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On January 20, 2002 at 05:31:41, Bertil Eklund wrote: >On January 20, 2002 at 04:05:41, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On January 19, 2002 at 19:03:53, Bertil Eklund wrote: >> >>>On January 19, 2002 at 17:41:56, robert flesher wrote: >>> >>>>NT >>> >>>Century4 has done extremely well and it is a giant step forward vs the older >>>programs from the same author. In example C4 (A1200) won six in a row against >>>Shredder5 (AMD450) The playing style is close to the new "paradigm programs", >>>Junior7 , Gambit and Gandalf. The favourite attack begins with moves like Re1 to >>>e3 followed by Rg3 or h3 and heavy pressure on the enemy king. The castle-bug is >>>fixed and the play with fianchetto-bishops seems to be much better then all >>>earlier "Rebels". The endgame is clearly improved, probably most because of the >>>improved tactical ability. I believe Century4 can compete with every top-program >>>in the middle-game but it is still slightly weaker in the endgame. >>> >>>Bertil >> >> >>Hi Bertil, >> >>Thanks for kind wordings. One technical remark, IMO the difference in strength >>between version 3 and 4 is not so big, say 30-40 elo on 40/120 on your A-1200 >>PC's. If your next list will show a higher improvement the credit IMO will go >>directly to the (ahem) improved autoplayer code in Rebel Century 4. >> >>I am really surprised by your good results so far, I hope it will remain steady. >> >>Question, what hash table size do you use? In other words did you get the >>autoplayer to run under Windows? > >Hi! > >Unfortunately several testers have problems with autoplaing Century4. >For me it works excellent,only one stop when C4 missed the first move from >Shredder5. It also seems to work good against CB-programs a 30 game blitz-test >against Nimzo7 with one 1 move game and one game that Century4 didn't saved. >I have also played about 200 5-10 min games against Gambit2 (Chesspartner) and >Shredder5 and the results without doubt indicated more then 35 elo improvement. > >Yes I use WINDOS and 200mb hash including the a and b-parameters. > >I save the match in "Rebel-format" so you can check it after it is finished. >I have followed a lot of the games and everything including search-speed and >autoplayer seems ok. > > >Bertil Thanks for the info Bertil. Ed
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