Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 04:00:43 05/29/03
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On May 29, 2003 at 04:16:15, James Constance wrote:
>From Chessbase.com
>
>Shredder tops the computer rankings – again!
>28.05.2003 This must be a bit alarming for Fritz. For the second time in a row
>Shredder has topped the SSDF (Chess Computer Association) ranking list, based on
>over 90,000 games played by 253 computers. Interestingly, the first program that
>is not published by ChessBase is ranked number 14. Blush.
>
>I think it's a bit rich that they claim the top 13 positions, bearing in mind
>the King is not being tested and Rebel is only in position 14 because there are
>multiple versions of Shredder, Fritz and Chess Tiger.
>
>I do not feel that the list portrays engine strength very objectively. I'm all
>for another list.
I really don't like the way the list is published with all the multiple entries
for each engine. Who cares about Shredder 6 or Fritz 7 when newer versions are
already published? It is like publishing a FIDE rating list with multiple
entries like Kasparov2003, Kasparov2002, Kramnik2003, Kramnik2001, etc.
Publishing such an extended list might be appropriate as a footnote or appendix,
but not as the main list. The main list should look like:
Rating + - Games Won Oppo
------ --- --- ----- --- ----
1 Shredder 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2768 27 -25 801 70% 2620
2 Fritz 8.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2760 27 -26 781 69% 2616
3 Deep Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2759 28 -27 694 69% 2621
4 Chess Tiger 15.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2724 26 -26 744 63% 2630
5 Junior 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2693 26 -26 719 56% 2653
6 Hiarcs 8.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2680 23 -23 908 54% 2650
7 Rebel Century 4.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2673 29 -29 590 60% 2603
8 Ruffian 1.0.1 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2670 32 -32 483 55% 2632
9 Gandalf 4.32h 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2657 31 -31 514 53% 2633
10 Crafty 18.12/CB 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2613 27 -27 647 52% 2602
11 Gromit 3.11.9 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2610 44 -46 246 43% 2662
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