Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:35:20 04/19/02
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On April 19, 2002 at 11:15:28, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>Trying to collect together everything people have posted about this topic and
>come to a general conclusion not about the best ONE but maybe the best FIVE:
>
>* Rebel Decade 3.0
>* YACE (some version of it, maybe 0.99.56?)
>* Crafty (some version of it, maybe 18.13?)
>* Goliath (some version of it, maybe LG 3.5 and Goliath Light 1.5?)
>* Pharaon (some version of it, maybe 2.62?)
>
>Is this at least the right list of 5? (Please ignore the order.)
>
>
>Is the following program just as strong?:
>
>* AnMon (some version of it, maybe 5.19?)
Here are some strength ratings from "The Battle of the Crowns" (these are old):
Program Score % Av.Op. Elo + - Draws
1 LGoliath : 37.0/ 52 71.2 2289 2445 76 99 26.9 %
2 Crafty : 32.0/ 52 61.5 2294 2376 85 77 34.6 %
3 AnMon : 31.5/ 52 60.6 2294 2369 86 83 28.8 %
4 Amy : 28.5/ 52 54.8 2297 2331 93 85 21.2 %
5 SOS : 28.0/ 52 53.8 2298 2325 94 82 23.1 %
6 Bringer : 27.5/ 52 52.9 2298 2318 96 72 32.7 %
7 TCBishop : 27.0/ 52 51.9 2299 2312 97 73 30.8 %
8 Phalanx : 26.5/ 52 51.0 2299 2306 99 74 28.8 %
9 Comet : 24.5/ 52 47.1 2301 2281 62 96 44.2 %
10 Gromit3 : 24.5/ 52 47.1 2301 2281 79 96 25.0 %
11 Gromit2 : 21.5/ 52 41.3 2304 2243 89 88 21.2 %
12 Francesca : 18.5/ 52 35.6 2307 2204 102 82 17.3 %
13 Yace : 18.5/ 52 35.6 2307 2204 87 82 28.8 %
14 ZChess : 18.5/ 52 35.6 2307 2204 108 82 13.5 %
Here are some strength ratings from "The Gauntlet" (ongoing):
Program Elo + - Games Score Av.Op. Draws
1 Yace 0.99.50 : 2593 31 104 188 86.2 % 2276 12.8 %
2 LG2000V3 : 2589 100 215 29 77.6 % 2373 3.4 %
3 Crafty-18.10 : 2581 110 150 25 78.0 % 2361 28.0 %
4 Gromit3 : 2558 103 103 30 73.3 % 2382 40.0 %
5 TCBishop-4601 : 2550 103 165 30 73.3 % 2374 13.3 %
6 AnMon-509 : 2534 33 90 190 82.4 % 2266 13.2 %
7 Nejmet-260 : 2534 109 163 28 71.4 % 2375 14.3 %
8 Comet-B37 : 2533 113 144 27 70.4 % 2383 22.2 %
9 Phalanx-xxii : 2531 105 160 31 69.4 % 2389 9.7 %
10 AnMon-510 : 2529 102 134 32 70.3 % 2380 21.9 %
11 MAD-005 : 2525 78 130 50 71.0 % 2370 10.0 %
12 TCBishop-0045 : 2511 112 130 29 67.2 % 2386 24.1 %
13 Amy-07 : 2510 36 108 155 82.6 % 2240 9.0 %
14 ZChess-222 : 2499 31 77 228 79.2 % 2267 11.8 %
15 ZChess-120 : 2457 35 70 193 74.6 % 2270 14.5 %
16 GLC-213 : 2453 121 130 29 60.3 % 2380 17.2 %
17 ExChess-402 : 2441 124 121 29 58.6 % 2380 20.7 %
18 Pepito-121 : 2440 126 117 28 58.9 % 2377 25.0 %
19 FranWB-090 : 2436 36 65 198 72.5 % 2268 15.7 %
20 Knightx-154 : 2430 126 124 29 56.9 % 2382 17.2 %
21 Ant-606 : 2428 113 113 35 57.1 % 2378 17.1 %
22 Quark-146a : 2427 128 137 27 59.3 % 2362 14.8 %
23 WildCat-257 : 2424 45 72 135 71.5 % 2264 18.5 %
24 Gromit2 : 2424 137 94 26 55.8 % 2383 42.3 %
Here are some programs that have special talents:
Crafty, Amy both can use multiple CPU's with full effectiveness.
Arasan, Bringer both have a nice GUI of their own.
For some really tough positions, Phalanx is often the only free program that can
solve them in a reasonable time.
If you don't have a copy of SCID, you should definitely get one.
I don't see what the appeal of Arena is. I have a copy, and I tried it, but I
don't really like it. Maybe it's better for German speaking people or
something. Not sure what might draw people to it. I use chess GUI's to either
play against an engine myself or to play large contests. You can't really
administrate a large contest under Arena.
As I see it, there is no such thing as the top 5 chess programs. Counting all
the different versions, I have literally hundreds of chess programs on my
computer. Quite frankly, I need them *all*.
;-)
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