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Subject: Re: Further testing of Genius 6.5: +0 =4 -46 against Ruffian

Author: Aloisio Ponti Lopes

Date: 01:43:52 10/25/02

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On October 25, 2002 at 00:52:08, Dann Corbit wrote:

>Try at something other than breakneck blitz speed and see what happens.
>
>I expect Genius to do much better at longer time control.

My list is a bullet / blitz list. I'm not searching for standard time controls.
I agree with you that Genius might score better with longer time controls. The
same happens to older-than-ninety-years-old-players if you give them the hole
day to think about 1 move.

Genius is _too_weak at bullet and blitz comparing with recent engines. Only 4
draws out of 50 games against Ruffian!

Genius doesn't use Nalimov tablebases. Every other engine that uses tablebases
are using Nalimov's (exception for Chessmaster).

That's enough to say Genius needs update. Not only cosmetical update, I mean.
Not only an update for comercial purposes. Customers of the 6.5 (Millenium
package) version feel that's not the way to treat them. Look what Ed did to
Century 3 customers, Rebel XP is free for download. Look at Lokasoft's services
and you'll see what I mean. Lex Loep had updated a single file many times and
published it at his site just because I was trying to run Deep Shredder under
Chess Partner. That's what we Genius 6,5 customers want. I don't want a
cosmetical update.

A. Ponti



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