Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 03:52:21 01/15/04
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On January 15, 2004 at 06:35:49, Chessfun wrote:
>On January 15, 2004 at 06:22:24, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>
>>People simply forget that the Ruffian CD has another, well-tested version of
>>Ruffian (Ruffian Leiden) that was in the works for about one year; thoroughly
>>tested both by the author (Per-Ola Valfridsson) and myself. Ruffian 2.0 is a
>>tactically stronger but rather unbalanced version of the program, actually still
>>in Beta stage as far as I am concerned... Anyway, here is my score at blitz
>>between the two, played last night on a P4-2.6 Ghz (hash 64MB for both):
>>
>>Ruffian 10-10 (Ruffian Leiden) - Shredder 8 (UCI): 10-6
>>
>>Games:
>>
>>[Event "Shredder8_ Blitz:4'+2", Blitz:5'"]
>>[Site "POPPER"]
>>[Date "2004.01.15"]
>>[Round "1"]
>>[White "Ruffian 2003-10-10"]
>>[Black "Shredder 8"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "A29"]
>>[Annotator "-0.11;-0.18"]
>>[PlyCount "153"]
>>
>>{W=11.4 ply; 1,172kN/s; 3,309 TBAs
>>B=12.0 ply; 426kN/s; 20,312 TBAs
>>} 1. c4 {
>>White last book move 0.01/0 0} 1... e5 {-0.18/13 9} 2. Nc3 {0.01/0 0} 2... Nf6
>>{0} 3. Nf3 {0.01/0 0} 3... Nc6 {0} 4. g3 {0.01/0 0} 4... Bb4 {0} 5. Nd5 {
>
>In every game where Ruffian plays 1. c4 Shredder 8 replied 1...e5 but only after
>pondering. Don't Shredder 8 have a book reply to 1. c4? My CD won't arrive till
>next week so I can't check it myself.
>
>Is this book Shredder 8's?
>
>What book did Ruffian use, the Leiden book?.
>
>I will shortly test the Leiden version after my current set up is finished. As
>you say the Leiden version was being tested for a long period prior to Leiden
>and it is possible that it is stronger.
>
>Thanks,
>Sarah.
Sarah,
thanks for your keen observation. Please look the reply to Christian Koch above.
Regards,
Djordje
PS: I will be awaiting your Ruffian Leiden test results eagerly. As I am
involved and possibly biased, I will appreciate your neutral opinion all the
more.
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