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Subject: Re: SSDF(Ruffian 1.0.1 - Fritz 8)A1200, ½-2½, now 1-5

Author: Tony Hedlund

Date: 02:02:37 05/03/03

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On May 02, 2003 at 11:47:46, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:

>On May 02, 2003 at 09:01:29, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>
>>On May 02, 2003 at 08:36:30, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>>
>>>Hello Tony,
>>>
>>>which book is Ruffian using?  Sorry if I am pestering you with a question
>>>already asked, but I am really interested.  Fritz 8 must be using its own Fritz
>>>8 book (by A. Kure), how about Ruffian?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Ruffian is using its own book available at the website. And since it's installed
>>as an UCI engine there's no book learning. Essentials from answers to similar
>>questions like the one above :-).
>>
>>Regards,
>>Mogens
>
>Mogens,
>
>thanks for confirming my suspicion.  Actually, as I can see, Mr. Hedlund did not
>care to reply to my carefully phrased question.

Since Mogens answered your question I didn't see the point of repeating it.

>Ruffian is being tested in an
>unfair manner.  Partly due to Perola Valfridsson's benign attitude to the SSDF
>testing methods,

I didn't know that Per-Ola HAD an attitude towards us.

>which is his own fault, partly due to UCI engines' not sending
>the results back to the engine.  UCI is hopeless there...
>
>I only wished to point out this fact that may open the eyes of the CCC members
>who were not aware of the technicalities of this match.   Fritz 8 keeps on
>learning and finetuning its book, while Ruffian never gets back the previous
>results...

It's not much we can do about that. But Ruffian have got a rather high rating
nevertheless. And there was a lot of CCC members that wanted us to test Ruffian.

Tony

>The final score should not be taken very seriously, IMHO.
>
>Rgds,
>
>Djordje



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