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

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 18:29:47 10/25/02

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On October 25, 2002 at 04:43:52, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote:

>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.

Wazzat you say?  Speak louder!  I can't hear you!

Bob D.


>
>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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