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Subject: Re: One more post on Ruffian 2.0

Author: Chessfun

Date: 21:52:01 12/19/03

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On December 19, 2003 at 06:21:26, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:


>First of all, this very laudable description of Ruffian 2.0 was not produced by
>Per-Ola.  Per-Ola actually wrote in his text that Ruffian is "a strong Winboard
>and UCI engine", nothing more.  Thus, I agree with many of you who thought that
>the wording was too pompous (to say the least).

Then why had you never mentioned it to Frank, as part of the Ruffian team?.

>As for the third program that was also mentioned as a strong WB engine, Deep
>Sjeng 1.5, I have my own testing evidence, which I will be bold enough to
>present to you (I will not supply the games as I have pitted Ruffian and DS
>purely for my investigative purposes;  to find out if there are any
>vulnerabilities in the Noomen book).  My evidence comprises more than 1,000
>games played at G/5, G/10, G/15, G/30, G/45, played on a dual AMD MP system (MP
>2000+, 1 GB RAM, Windows XP Pro, hash 128 MB each, 3-4-5 tablebases included).

In recent posting if I recall correctly you stated you didn't have Deep Sjeng
1.5 but rather a previous beta version?.

>Again, I am sorry that the ad came out the way it did, and I am also rather sad
>at the fact that I was not around to try and reply to some well-founded
>criticism directed at Frank Quisinsky.  I think that Frank was well-intentioned
>but also that he has to learn a lot about the ways of the world, especially the
>world of business.

Frank complained in quite a few posts that he wrote and posted it 4 weeks ago
and none mentioned it till now. Did you never see it?, as part of the team
wasn't you given a copy of the add?.

Sarah.




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