Author: Mike Hood
Date: 04:40:31 02/22/02
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On February 22, 2002 at 07:21:01, Bertil Eklund wrote: >On February 22, 2002 at 07:15:14, Mike Hood wrote: > >>Has anybody done any serious testing with Goliath Light 1.5? I assume the >>program tested by the SSDF (rated 32nd in the current list) is version 1.2. >>After running a series of engine tournaments it performs better than any of the >>other free Chessbase engines, and it's not far behind the likes of Fritz 7, >>Shredder 6 and the Tigers. Of course, I haven't played enough games to have any >>statistical relevance -- and I'm only playing on a single computer -- but I'm >>very impressed. I hope the SSDF will test this version (or the newer Winboard >>version?) >> >>P.S. It's downloadable at >>http://www.chessbase.com/download/index.asp?cat=Engines > >Hi! > >I have played a few houndred games with it and I believe the improvement vs >Goliath Light is very small, in example (clearly) weaker then Crafty, Yace or >SOS. >I think it must take a clear step forward before it is time to incorporate it in >the list. > >Bertil Maybe this is an example of a program which performs better in a single-computer environment (with no pondering) than in a two-computer environment. An opposite example is Nimzo (both versions 7.32 and 8.0) which does so badly in engine tournaments that I have difficulty believing its high position in the SSDF list. In my typical setting of 40'/40+40'/40+40' Nimzo usually uses too much time in the early moves, and by the end of its time controls it has about a minute left for 10 moves. I presume this doesn't happen when it has the opponent's thinking time available.
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