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Subject: Re: Yace 0.99.56 still the strongest amateur engine!? (Crafty 9.)

Author: Aaron Tay

Date: 18:42:39 09/05/02

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On September 05, 2002 at 16:15:36, Bas Hamstra wrote:

>On September 05, 2002 at 15:20:55, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On September 05, 2002 at 14:39:09, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On September 05, 2002 at 07:03:21, Joachim Rang wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 05, 2002 at 04:20:24, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Just notice for everyone. Ridderkerk 1. division is ended:
>>>>>
>>>>>WBEC Ridderkerk, 1st Division - 2nd edition.
>>>>>DUAL-P3-1266  2002.06.21 - 2002.09.03
>>>>>PONDER ON!!
>>>>>                           Score
>>>>>------------------------------------
>>>>> 1: Yace 0.99.56         50.0 / 76
>>>>> 2: Comet B.46           44.5 / 76
>>>>> 3: Gromit 3.8.2         44.0 / 76
>>>>> 4: Pharaon 2.62         44.0 / 76
>>>>> 5: Nejmet 3.06          43.5 / 76
>>>>> 6: Quark 1.76           43.5 / 76
>>>>> 7: Pepito 1.53          42.0 / 76
>>>>> 8: Little Goliath 3.5   40.5 / 76
>>>>> 9: Crafty 18.15         40.0 / 76
>>>>>10: AnMon 5.21           38.0 / 76
>>>>>11: SOS 99.11.03         37.5 / 76
>>>>>12: Amy 0.7              37.5 / 76
>>>>>13: GreenLightCh 2.18    37.0 / 76
>>>>>14: Amyan 1.531          34.0 / 76
>>>>>15: TheCrazyBishop 0045  33.5 / 76
>>>>>16: Phalanx XXII         32.5 / 76
>>>>>17: Francesca MAD 0.06   31.5 / 76
>>>>>18: Leila 0.53h          30.0 / 76
>>>>>19: King Of Kings 2.022  29.0 / 76
>>>>>20: Dragon 4.2.3         27.5 / 76
>>>>>------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>Hmm... Yace still the strongest amateur!? Hasn't here been any progress in last
>>>>>year really in the top?
>>>>>
>>>>>Jouni
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Aristarch 4.4 will beat Yace ;-)
>>>>
>>>>I', not sure, if Aristarch is the stongest Amateur (I doubt it), but at least
>>>>against Yace it's a bit stronger. I did several Matches between Yace and
>>>>Aristarch 4.4 and all ended with a slightly advantage for Ari.
>>>
>>>
>>>"List" is not included in the above, either, and there's some evidence that it's
>>>the strongest amateur program.
>>
>>I do not think that engine that does not know to ponder and does not have book
>>is the strongest amateur program.
>>
>>Pondering and book is part of the program.
>>
>>Uri
>
>Why not? What counts is the result you get. BTW my guess is Ruffian is on top.
>At FICS it was in the (standard) top-20 at a lousy P2-300. That's amazing. I
>would estimate Crafty would have at best 2100 at that hardware. Ruffian is over
>2400.

I wouldn't be *that* impressed. I have checked on FICS, the hardware running is
actually faster than listed...









>Bas.



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