Author: Thomas Mayer
Date: 17:40:54 01/26/02
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Hi Pavel, > I am not one of those, who downloads every new winboard engine and >try out. I don't use it unless I see interesting reviews from others about that >perticular program (for instance I downloaded resp after readin some good >reviews). well, but you might miss some gems then... and there are many undiscovered gems in the winboard sector... > According to the winboard detail webpage, quark is rated soemthing around >2300 (or even less)if I am not wrong. well, it's my website... :) I quote those ratings from George Lyapko... In fact I do not agree with those ratings, I am pretty sure that the tested version there is above 2300... at least in longer terms, Quark is no blitzer at all... (Only Ultrablitz sometimes, because Quark does not loose often on time) I think the BELCT 2001 has already shown some potential of Quark even when it has some very strange games there... > I never used Quark before.What do you have to say, about quark's performance > in this tournament? And how was it possible? Some tweaking you did at the > last moment? will since the last release version there were several changes... I think current Quark should be about 50 ELO better then v1.50... not in blitz - seems to be weaker in blitz then v1.50... but not tested well enough - Quark was not playing much games lately, just testpositions and some games from several starting positions... To be honest, I think I myself am the most amazed person about it's performance so far... But I am sure tomorrow evening I will be back to reality with Quark somewhere in the middle field... remember: this are only one game all the time... Any engine that is above 2300 can win against Shredder a game... not a series, but a game... and besides - Quark did loose badly against Yace, was already lost against Monsoon but survives and lost the hard way against Zarkov... So not everything is shining... but today this was the day of my live, you can be sure... don't know if this will happen again once... (But okay, there was Leiden 2001 - Quark crushes at the same day "The King" and "SOS", so the potential is maybe there since a long time... and today seems to be eastern and christmas at the same day for Quark... :) >Have a nice day! oh yeah, I had it ... :) Greets, Thomas
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