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Subject: Re: Little Goliath Nemesis

Author: georges alain

Date: 08:00:02 06/17/03

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On June 17, 2003 at 04:53:07, Uri Blass wrote:

>On June 17, 2003 at 04:33:29, georges alain wrote:
>
>>On June 17, 2003 at 04:27:13, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On June 17, 2003 at 01:12:05, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>
>>>>Finally Michael has put new version of this NPS beast with tablebase support to
>>>>download! But where are all test results? I have so far run it through all my
>>>>test suites. And honestly results are not so stunning: In endgame test it scores
>>>>mere 32/43, when most other engines score 38-41!? And in tactical suite it can't
>>>>match Fritz, Shredder or Ruffian despite stunning node speed. May be it's now
>>>>optimised for playing?
>>>>
>>>>Jouni
>>>
>>>I think that more nodes per second may be a disadvantage.
>>>
>>>It is better to be slower in nodes per second thanks to rules of searching the
>>>right nodes.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>Junior 8 do not confirm this point
>>Philippe
>
>Junior8 proves nothing.
>I know no evidence that is the best program.
>
>Shredder is leading the ssdf list and Junior8 is not better than shredder7.04
>based on the results that I read(I read that in direct match between Junior and
>shredder Junior did well but shredder does better against other programs).
>
>Uri


Shredder better than Junior ? , well junior in on stage for 2 or 3 weeks only
so.. and even if you are right and if Shredder is better the difference is too
small to be a conclusive proof
Philippe



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