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

Author: Tom Likens

Date: 07:45:10 11/21/03

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On November 21, 2003 at 06:04:41, Tord Romstad wrote:

>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

Hello Tord,

I'll send you the Linux version of Djinn this weekend.  It should *more* than
meet your requirements :-)

regards,
--tom



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