Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 16:24:29 12/06/02
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On December 06, 2002 at 18:52:14, Mike S. wrote: >On December 06, 2002 at 18:08:52, Bertil Eklund wrote: > >>(...) I have played a few houndred speed games with Ruffian and >>at least with the Shredder-book it is an excellent program, it has only one >>weakness (well covered with the big book of Shredder) the opening phase, where >>it plays like a program from the early eighties. > >Interesting that you mention that specifice weakness; it's the only one I've >noticed too once or twice, in a small tournament where the engines had to >calculate after the third opening move. > >But Ruffian won that tournament anyway :o) > >I couldn't say what else is tpyical for that engine, except that it is obviously >competitive and strong... Maybe one thing: In my tournament, it often used only >2/3 of the available thinking time before the time control(s), saving an >unusually big "reserve". > Hi! You missed one point, when it sees itself in trouble it plays "Hiarcs-wise" and use almost all its time to survive, if it does it only has seconds left for the game or time-control. Was "Novemberturnier" played with its own book? What do you think of the Ruffian-book? Bertil >Novemberturnier 2002 (P3/700, 40 moves in 1 hour) > > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >1 Ruffian 1.0.1 ** ½1 10 10 11 ½½ 10 ½1 9.0/14 >2 Fritz 7 ½0 ** 01 ½½ 11 01 11 01 8.5/14 56.00 >3 Chess Tiger 14 01 10 ** 1½ 00 10 11 11 8.5/14 51.50 >4 Nimzo 8 01 ½½ 0½ ** 10 ½½ ½1 11 8.0/14 49.25 >5 Shredder 5.32 00 00 11 01 ** 11 10 11 8.0/14 48.00 >6 Junior 5 ½½ 10 01 ½½ 00 ** 1½ ½0 6.0/14 >7 Hiarcs 7.32 01 00 00 ½0 01 0½ ** 11 5.0/14 >8 Yace 0.99.56 ½0 10 00 00 00 ½1 00 ** 3.0/14 > >members.surfeu.at/mscheidl/November.cbv > >Regards, >M.Scheidl
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