Author: Luis Smith
Date: 11:06:50 12/27/03
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On December 27, 2003 at 13:56:48, Brian Katz wrote: >On December 27, 2003 at 13:37:12, Luis Smith wrote: > >>On December 27, 2003 at 12:48:56, Brian Katz wrote: >> >>>Has anyone encountered this Ruffian problem also? >>>I was using Ruffian 1.0.0 on the Playchess server and early in the opening it >>>would just stall and not make a move and lose on time. >>>I was running an engine tournament on my PC and found that Ruffian 1.0.0 did >>>very well at game 5 on an AMD Athlon XP 2600+, better than 1.0.1. It did better >>>than Fritz 8 so I wanted to experiment with Ruffian 1.0.0 on the Playchess >>>Server to see just how well it would do. >>> Brian >> >>IIRC Ruffian 1.0.0 has a bug in pondering mode, which would explain why it runs >>fine in eng-eng matches (ponder=off) and why it would crash. You can either >>download Ruffian 1.0.1 from the same site, or you can download it with Arena at >>www.playwitharena.com > Thanks for the speedy reply and explanation. >I already have Ruffian 1.0.1 but I found that 1.0.0 did much better in an engine >tournament than 1.0.1. >I need to run more tests. >At the moment I am running an engine tournament between Ruffian 1.0.0 vs Fritz 8 >on an AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 1 GIG DDR SDRAM >Game 30 (No increments)Hashtables set at 256 MB Ponder Off Both using the Fritz >8 opening book. At this very moment Ruffian thinks it is winning as white with a >+-(2.93)evaluation while Fritz 8 thinks it is behind by only +-(1.62) Earlier on >Fritz 8 had it as almost even, while Ruffian had it as +-(1.50). >Now the game is won by Ruffian K+R+p+p vs K+R. >Is Ruffian 1.0.0 really that good in comparison to Fritz 8 or is this only >because I am running the test on the same computer rather than identical >computer vs identical computers? I always thought that having ponder off, even >though it off for BOTH engines, affects some engines more negatively than >others. I believe that Ponder on is an integral part of some programs. > >All views on this would be greatly appreciated. > >Brian IIRC (yes I know I have a bad memory) the only difference between Ruffian 1.0.0 and Ruffian 1.0.1 was that simple ponder bug fix...so I guess what you are experiencing is just some fluctuations. Play a few more games, it more than likely will even out.
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