Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 15:44:09 01/03/04
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On January 03, 2004 at 15:22:24, Uri Blass wrote:
>On January 03, 2004 at 14:59:00, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>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
>
>
>The time control is not unreasonable.
>
>The poster asked if the problem is that ruffian is not good in blitz.
>
>It is playing in WBEC that is not blitz and it is not leading so I do not know
>if it is the problem.
>
>It may be interesting to know if people can report about time control when
>Ruffian is not last place in the same experiment
>
>Uri
In our tournament "5moves 2004" 90m+30s Ruffian 2.0.0
is not on last place after serie 4 and still all can
happen http://www.utzingerkurt.com/5moves.htm
Kurt
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