Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 01:46:04 08/10/02
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On August 10, 2002 at 03:48:29, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >I agree with this statement but nevertheless have the feeling that Aristarch 4.4 >and List 4.61 could be the first amateur engines that get more than the usual >30-35 % against the best commercial programs. This does not necessarly mean that >they can easily win all matches against other strong amateurs like Crafty 17.14, >Little Goliath 2000 v3.7, Yace 0.99.56, Tao 5.4, Pepito v1.55 and so on. I don't dispute that impression or the likelihood of Aristarch performing according to the most optimistic expectations. However, I would like to see some solid evidence. There's a tendency to overevaluate new strong engines, eg. "engine X beats the pants of everything om my comp". Behaviour that's not always reproducable. I would be a very happy puppy if an amateur engine was capable of scoring more than 40% against your average recent commercial engine (on more than one computer). It's good to have new candidates. >By the way, in the Match Aristarch 4.4 vs Nimzo 7.32 (40'/40) it stands 1-1 but >in the running third game, Aristarch 4.4 is already a pawn up. I'm running a little match against Pepito (also 40/40'). Mainly to test my new Pepito book. So far Pepito is leading 3-1 with an advantage for Aristarch in the fifth game. The progress of Pepito is definately due to my opening book *cough*. Regards, Mogens
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