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Subject: Re: Ruffian 2.0 will include a linux version too!

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 03:04:41 11/21/03

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On November 20, 2003 at 19:14:15, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>Ruffian 2.0 by Per-Ola Valfridsson (Sweden) is the strongest Winboard >compatible engine in the world today.

It seems clear that it is one of the strongest Winboard engines, but is
it really that clear that it is stronger than The King, Rebel and Sjeng?
I haven't followed the latest tournament results closely, but to me it
seems that all four engines have comparable strength.

>Linux engine included

I suppose this is good news to most Linux users, but to me it is not very
exciting.  Yace, Phalanx, Crafty and Pepito are all strong enough to
easily beat me and my engine, and I don't see why I would want something
stronger.

I wish there were more weak engines available for Linux.  I am tired of
seeing my engine lose all test matches I run by huge margins.  Without
all the good results I recieve from Winboard and UCI users, I would
probably have given up in despair a long time ago.

Tord



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