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Subject: Re: How do authors rate against their own programs?

Author: David Blackman

Date: 23:39:10 11/12/98

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On November 12, 1998 at 19:36:02, Chris Moreton wrote:

>I am the author of Rival chess which has a rating floating around 2000-2100 on
>the ICC while I feel good if I stay above 1000 for any length of time.  Is their
>anywhere I can find out how other authors rate against their own programs?
>
>-Chris

I don't know of any authoratative source about this, but the short answer is
that most programmers would be completely smashed by their own programs, unless
they are quite new to chess programming and still have a very weak program.

One possible exception is Peter McKenzie, author of LambChop, who posts here
occasionally. Peter is a former New Zealand champion, and although i don't think
he has a FIDE title, he could not be far below IM strength. Lambchop is a
reasonably strong program, especially for its positional play, but i think Peter
would have some chance against it if he played seriously.

My own program, Desperado, is much stronger than i am, and it is definatly not
one of the strongest programs out there. (My Australian rating is 1504.
Desperado hasn't competed much against rated players recently but might be about
2000. An earlier version once managed to fluke a win against an IM.)



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