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Subject: Re: 200 Games - Top Engines - Ruffian 2.0.0 Dissapointment

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 11:59:00 01/03/04

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On January 03, 2004 at 14:33:19, William Rex wrote:

>This tournament was run at 1 min + 3 seconds.  The position used was Nunn2.
>Some engines showed good play, but Ruffian 2.0.0 was dissapointing.  It came in
>last by far, not even close to the top commercial engines from chessbase.  Is
>this because ruffian is not so good at blitz?  I'm not sure anyone have input on
>this?  These were the engines that were included..
>
>Ruffian 2.0.0
>Shredder 7.04
>Junior 8
>Hiarcs 9
>Fritz 8.0.0.23
>
>Games were played at 1 min + 3 seconds - nunn2 position
>
>Here are the results
>
>                   1          2          3          4         5
>1 Fritz 8      |  ***      11.5-8.5   10.5-9.5   11.0-9.0  12.5-7.5
>2 Hiarcs 9     |8.5-11.5     ***      11.0-9.0   10.5-9.5  15.5-4.5
>3 Junior 8     |9.5-10.5   9.0-11.0     ***      12.0-8.0  10.5-9.5
>4 Shredder 7.04|9.0-11.0   9.5-10.5   8.0-12.0     ***     13.5-6.5
>5 Ruffian 2.0.0|7.5-12.5   4.5-15.5   9.5-10.5   6.5-13.5     ***
>
>1 Fritz 8 -       45.5 / 80 - 56.8% (1743.75)
>2 Hiarcs 9 -      45.5 / 80 - 56.8% (1691.75)
>3 Junior 8 -      41.0 / 80 - 51.2%
>4 Shredder 7.04 - 40.0 / 80 - 50.0%
>5 Ruffian 2.0.0 - 28.0 / 80 - 35.0%

I think the problem is the unreasonable time control. Try a more reasonable time
control.

Regards
Dave



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