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Subject: Re: what is the best BOOK ? Nimzo ??

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 10:03:46 11/19/02

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On November 19, 2002 at 12:49:37, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On November 19, 2002 at 11:09:38, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On November 19, 2002 at 10:22:26, Ricardo R Santana wrote:
>>
>>>Hello All
>>>
>>>some years ago, I heard the best book was the Nimzo ones. And now, what is the
>>>best commbercial book ? Of course a book should take into account the engine,
>>>but who follow this statement ??
>>>
>>>thanks
>>>Ricardo Sant Ana
>>
>>I do not know but the ruffian book seems to be very good for Ruffian at 120/40
>>time control.
>>Ruffian as one of the newcomers is ranked above Tiger15 and chessmaster9000
>>
>>See http://www.fsv.de/chess-server/Tournaments/tournamentsection.htm
>>
>
>
>Are you referring to this table, from that site?  It's sure to generate
>controversy:
>
>
>   Program                 Elo   +   - Games Score Av.Op. Draws
>
> 1 Gambit Tiger 2.0        2643  56  64  92  70.1%  2495  35.9%
> 2 Fritz 7a                2618  58  66  92  66.8%  2496  31.5%
> 3 Ruffian 1.0.1           2615 112 164  24  79.2%  2383  25.0%
> 4 Deep Shredder           2614  58  60  92  66.3%  2496  37.0%
> 5 Deep Fritz              2602  60  62  92  64.7%  2497  33.7%
> 6 Deep Junior 7           2602  60  70  92  64.7%  2497  25.0%
> 7 Chess Tiger 15.0        2574 116 111  24  75.0%  2383  41.7%
> 8 Chessmaster 9000        2574 116 111  24  75.0%  2383  41.7%
> 9 Hiarcs 8                2556  65  52  92  58.2%  2499  40.2%
>10 TheKing 3.12            2552  66  52  92  57.6%  2499  39.1%
>11 Gromit 3.10.2           2548  66  53  92  57.1%  2499  38.0%
>12 Gandalf 5.1             2541  67  49  92  56.0%  2499  42.4%
>13 Shredder 6              2537  68  54  92  55.4%  2500  34.8%
>14 Yace 0.99.56 (Berlin)   2523  70  48  92  53.3%  2500  41.3%
>15 Nimzo 8                 2519  71  48  92  52.7%  2500  42.4%
>16 Rebel Century 4         2512  72  51  92  51.6%  2501  35.9%
>17 Crafty 18.08            2490  49  72  92  48.4%  2502  40.2%
>18 SOS 11/2000             2479  54  70  92  46.7%  2502  32.6%
>19 Gromit 3.8.2            2465  57  68  92  44.6%  2503  30.4%
>20 Gandalf 4.32h           2465  51  68  92  44.6%  2503  39.1%
>21 Pharaon 2.50            2457  50  67  92  43.5%  2503  41.3%
>22 LambChop 10.88          2425  52  58 104  37.5%  2514  38.5%
>23 Comet B37               2404  58  55 104  34.6%  2515  34.6%
>24 Capture R01             2394  54  54 104  33.2%  2515  39.4%
>25 CSTal 2.03              2364  57  52 104  29.3%  2516  39.4%
>26 Green Light Chess 2.18h 2360  69  51 104  28.8%  2517  28.8%
>27 PatzerUCI 3.61 (Leiden) 2352  72  51 104  27.9%  2517  26.9%
>

Yes
I was refering to that table

Ruffian ,Tiger15,Chessmaster9000 played 24 games against the same opponents but
ruffian scored more points.

I did not analyze the games to find if the reason is a better book of ruffian
relative to the commercial programs.

Uri



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