Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:44:24 09/25/02
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On September 25, 2002 at 13:27:10, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>Is Ruffian really a completely new chess engine that is very, very strong?
>Christophe estimated the chances of this to be 0.01% in an earlier thread.
I'll go out on a limb. It has.
>(I'm catching up here after a couple weeks of PC problems, but recent Ruffian
>messages seem to be relatively positive.)
It's a powerhouse. I expect new versions of List to challenge. There have been
several new engines that are very strong recently. Also, Yace in the Ridderkerk
contest is above some commercial programs in performance. A heady time for
amateur computer chess.
From: http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/ (AmCom), we find this:
Crosstable:
WBEC Ridderkerk, AmCom Division - 2nd edition.
DUAL-P3-1266, 2002.09.03 - 2002.09.25
Score Ruff Gand Yace WBNi Phar Lamb Zark Shre Pepi Quar Nejm
Come Patz Grom
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Ruffian 0.76 28.0 / 36 XXXX .... .... =001 =1=1 0111 .... 1=11 .... =1=1 111=
=101 1111 1111
Gandalf 5.1 23.0 / 34 .... XXXX .... =011 .... 0=1= 1110 =110 ==11 ==11 ....
11=1 1=.. 0101
Yace 0.99.56 23.0 / 36 .... .... XXXX =1== ==11 11== .... 0==1 0010 1==1 01=1
.... ==11 1110
WBNimzo 2000b 21.0 / 36 =110 =100 =0== XXXX 1==0 =1== 10== .... .... .... 1101
1=1= .... ==11
Pharaon 2.62 19.5 / 36 =0=0 .... ==00 0==1 XXXX 110= 1=10 .... 10== ==1= ....
0111 .... 0111
LambChop 10.88 18.5 / 36 1000 1=0= 00== =0== 001= XXXX 0111 .... =110 .... ....
==11 .... 1110
Zarkov 4.5y 17.0 / 36 .... 0001 .... 01== 0=01 1000 XXXX =0== 0=10 111= ====
.... 0111 ....
Shredder 3.0 16.0 / 36 0=00 =001 1==0 .... .... .... =1== XXXX 01=1 =00= =110
=001 1100 ....
Pepito 1.55 15.5 / 36 .... ==00 1101 .... 01== =001 1=01 10=0 XXXX 0=00 0011
.... 10=0 ....
Quark 1.76 15.5 / 36 =0=0 ==00 0==0 .... ==0= .... 000= =11= 1=11 XXXX 01=0
.... 11=0 ....
Nejmet 3.06 14.5 / 36 000= .... 10=0 0010 .... .... ==== =001 1100 10=1 XXXX
=1=0 .... 0=10
Comet B.48-2 14.5 / 36 =010 00=0 .... 0=0= 1000 ==00 .... =110 .... .... =0=1
XXXX ===1 110=
Patzer 3.61 12.0 / 34 0000 0=.. ==00 .... .... .... 1000 0011 01=1 00=1 ....
===0 XXXX ====
Gromit 3.8.2 12.0 / 36 0000 1010 0001 ==00 1000 0001 .... .... .... .... 1=01
001= ==== XXXX
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250 games: +86 =82 -82 *0
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