Author: Chessfun
Date: 17:20:37 09/29/02
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On September 29, 2002 at 20:09:55, Dadi Jonsson wrote: >I installed Ruffian 1.0.1 under the Chess Assistant interface (UCI) and ran two >matches between Ruffian and Gambit Tiger 2 (using CA's Engine-Engine). The only >difference between the two matches was a different opening book for Ruffian. > >AMD 1.4GHz >512MB memory >128MB hash >pondering off >Tablebases: 3, 4 and some 5-man. >1 minute + 1 sec. per move. > >=== Match 1: Ruffian uses its own book > >It was a close match with Ruffian leading after 40 games, but Gambit Tiger >winning in the end. I watched some of the games and noticed that 10-15 moves >into the game Ruffian was usually about 10 seconds behind on the clock. > >Tiger Gambit II: 80, +30=23-27 (41.5/80) 51% >Ruffian : 80, +27=23-30 (38.5/80) 48% > >For comparison here are the results of Chessfun's match between the same engines >(same time-limit) running under the ChessBase interface: > >Ruffian - Gambit Tiger 2.0 : 40 (+ 12,= 10,- 18), 42.5 % In my case the game was played also using Tiger.ctg from Chessbase. And as you say at the end in this case you used the CA book against Ruffians book. Sarah. >=== Match 2: Both programs use the Chess Assistant book > >It seemed that Ruffian's book was a handicap in the first match (see comments to >that match). In the second match I only made one change and had both programs >use the same opening book. Gambit Tiger had used the Chess Assistant book in the >first match and now both programs used that book. > >In this match the programs came out of the opening with equal time left as was >to be expected. Still, Ruffian usually fell behind on the clock in most of the >games after the opening was over. The result was quite different from the first >match and Chessfun's results (I only had time for 40 games): > >Tiger Gambit II: 40, +9=14-17 (16/40) 40% >Ruffian : 40, +17=14-9 (24/40) 60% > >The result in this case was decisive and the match with Ruffian using its own >book was much closer throughout. > >If someone wants the games let me know and I will e-mail them.
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