Author: Manfred Meiler
Date: 05:33:56 10/02/02
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On October 02, 2002 at 08:13:30, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >On October 02, 2002 at 07:03:58, Manfred Meiler wrote: > >>On October 02, 2002 at 03:41:46, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >> >>>On October 02, 2002 at 02:49:33, Jouni Uski wrote: >>> >>>>According to CSS WM position test it's specially good in positional and endgame >>>>play and relatively weaker in king attack. I think the last means same as >>>>tactics. But in my test suites it's also good tactically (e.g. it founds some >>>>well known mate in 18 and 30(!) quite fast). So may be the secret is, that it >>>>has no big weakness at all. Or what do You think? >>>> >>>>Jouni >> >>> >>>Hi Jouni, >>> >>>this program is very strong for king attack. >>> >>>A program must play the moves which are important for a king attack. Ruffian >>>make this. Not important are fantasy positions with a clear move. So I am not a >>>fan from test suits. >>> >>>In my opinion is the best test suite the LCTII test. >>>But look what Ruffian here make. Gandalf is over 120 ELO better compare to >>>Ruffian :-) >>> >>>An interview with Ruffian programmer Perola Valfridsson is in next days >>>available on Arena webpage (Ruffian is a partner program from Arena). It's one >>>of the questions from our interview team. >>> >>>Best >>>Frank >> >> >>Hello Frank, >> >>some days ago I've sent my excel sheet with the WM-Test results of Ruffian 1.0.0 >>and 117 other (versions of) engines (on AMD TB 1400 mhz) to Perola; maybe you're >>interessed on his answer ? >> >>"... Thanks for sending me this very interesting comparison of chess >>engines. I think you are right in your conclusion that Ruffian is >>weaker than some other engines when it comes to king attack. It is >>also my impression that Ruffian, compared to some other engines, is >>strong at endgame." <snip> > >You can see here how strongly Ruffian plays the endgame: > http://www.wck-computerschach.de/ > [D]6k1/p5p1/4r3/1p3Q2/1Pb5/3p2PP/3K4/8 b - - 0 95 > Ruffian played 95...a5!! and won. It found the move in 40 sec. Yes, I already saw this position at Franz Wiesenecker's website. Really impressive !
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