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Subject: Re: The Ruffian test after 43 games by each engine

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 19:30:19 03/03/04

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On March 03, 2004 at 17:22:59, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On March 03, 2004 at 08:23:08, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On March 01, 2004 at 15:10:56, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> # Name              1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12
>>>13   14   Score   Buch  Sommb
>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> 1 Ruffian_202    **** =1=  01=  =01  =10  0==1 1=0  11=1 111  111  11=  1110
>>>0=1  1=11  30.0/43 882.5 595.50
>>> 2 Ruffian_105    =0=  **** 1=0  ===  ==1  =11  1111 111  1010 001= =01  =10
>>>1111 111   29.0/43 892.5 574.00
>>
>>I'd like to see more game if possible.
>
>I've seen enough.  When programs are this close in strength, it's a random walk.
> A hundred games will put one in the lead.  A hundred more another.  It took
>several days to run this test and I found out all that I needed to know.
>Namely, the programs are about of the same strength.

Perhaps so, but if you accept that the performances of the Ruffians is correct
then you also agree that Crafty for example is that much weaker. Do you?

                                           Albert

>
>>In any case, many thanks for the results
>>so far. What were the opening books used? I know that List doesn't come with one
>>for example.
>
>All opening books are defaults.  If List has no book, it may not have used one.
>However, I will have put all versions of List into the same directory, so it may
>have used a book from an earlier version of List.



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