Author: Leo Dijksman
Date: 10:50:59 09/12/03
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On September 12, 2003 at 12:56:01, Tom Likens wrote: >On September 12, 2003 at 10:32:19, Tim Foden wrote: > >>On September 12, 2003 at 10:11:44, Jon Dart wrote: >> >>>I've run some test games between Green Light Chess and Arasan lately, and Arasan >>>is getting beaten like a red-haired stepchild :-(. So I'm impressed, too. >>> >>>--Jon >> >>:) GLC just got lucky... I assure you :) >> >>More seriously though, over the years GLC has got stronger and stronger. And >>during this time there has generally been a specific a target engine... one I >>played GLC against, and GLC lost, the target being to beat this engine. Arasan >>was one of the engines, that certainly used to pound GLC into the ground. :) >> >>Other engines that have been used for this purpose by GLC are TCB and Phalanx. >>Nowadays I have a gauntlet of 11 engines, and Arasan, TCB and Phalanx are still >>in it. But it also includes Crafty, Yace, Delfi, Aristarch, etc. >> >>My target these days it not just to beat the 'next' target, but to beat them all >>:) It may take some time! (particularly that Ruffian fella :) >> >>Cheers, Tim. > >Tim/Jon, > >This actually brings up an interesting subject for me. I do almost >*all* of my development under Linux and I'm wondering what a good >set of programs that run natively under Linux would be for this >gauntlet. My current short list (with the requirement that it >run *natively* under Linux includes): > >Arasan >Gothmog >Crafty >Yace >Pepito >Gnuchess 4.x >Gnuchess 5.x >pepito > Hi Tom, I think you can add OliThink and Gaviota to your list of opponents!? Best wishes, Leo. >Are there other good engines that run under Linux and Xboard >that would be worth including. Also note that I'd like a >weaker program or two since I'd like to be able to run the >gauntlet and win at least a few games ;-) > >My idea would be to run a set of 10 game matches (of 10 games >each) against these engines (most likely at 15 +3 time levels) >as an indication of wheter I'm making progress. I'd love to >include PostModernist, but there is no available Linux version. > >Anyway, thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated. > >regards, >--tom
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