Author: Tim OConnor
Date: 14:23:35 10/03/02
I am quite impressed with CT15. This seems to be an extremely strong program and has been well worth the wait. Undoubtedly, more a labor of love than a need to meet marketing expectations. My first experiences were similar to other posts here. I don't have identical machines which use an autoplayer, so I must use my AMD 1700+ and the Engine Research Tool that comes with Chess Partner. My first match was CT15 and Ruffian 1.0.1 using a 5 minute + 3 second time control. CT15 lost the 10 game match by one point. I then played several other matches with these two engines using a variety of quick time controls and every time Ruffian won by a small margin. I was disappointed. How could CT15 lose to a free engine? I then played many more matches with a variety of other winboard and UCI engines and these two always came out the winners. I decided to match them again at 2 minutes + 2 seconds. This time CT15 won easily! Either CT15 was getting better or my original impression (secondary impression?) was based on too small a sample of games. In subsequent similar matches CT15 has continued to dominate Ruffian. I don't know enough about the Engine Research Tool to say what impact its method of implementing matches has on these results compared to using two identical machines. I am impressed, however, at the quality of play the CT15 has shown lately. And, of course, it takes a strong opponent to bring out the best in an engine. I enjoy the Chess Partner interface and have had no problems with this version, but I wish I could play CT15 on the Chessbase server and see what happens against all of the Fritzes out there. In any case I would like to thank Mr. Theron for creating such an entertaining and accurate chess program.
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