Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 06:31:20 05/31/04
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On May 31, 2004 at 08:58:10, Peter Skinner wrote: >On May 31, 2004 at 05:53:39, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>On May 31, 2004 at 02:51:29, enrico carrisco wrote: >> >>>This engine currently holds the #2 spot on the best list in standard on ICC. >>>Quite strong for an engine in development -- anyone heard of it before? >>> >>>-elc. >>> >>>--- >>> >>>Information about CPU-Chess(C) (Last disconnected Mon May 31 2004 00:39): >>> >>> rating [need] win loss draw total best >>>Blitz 1464 [8] 1 0 0 1 >>>Standard 2838 102 25 41 168 2838 (30-May-2004) >>> >>> 1: SPChess -Chess Engine, experimental version 16.4 >>> 2: AMD 2400, (2.0Ghz) (1cpus) (1GB Ram). >>> 3: Only Standard games for now. >>> 4: Custom Book. >>> 5: Program not for sale only now for testing. >>> 6: Canada. >>> 7: Good Luck, and thanks for playing, >>> >>> >>> >>>Recent games of CPU-Chess: >>> >>> Opponent Type ECO End Date >>>71: + 2838 B 2525 thebaron [ sr 30 30] B86 Mat May 29 04 22:05 >>>70: + 2833 B 2552 PostModernis [ sr 30 30] E81 Res May 30 04 12:03 >>>69: + 2827 B 2667 stormx [ sr 60 30] A48 Res May 30 04 03:25 >>>68: + 2817 W 2505 PostModernis [ sr 30 30] B43 Res May 29 04 12:01 >>>67: + 2812 B 2510 PostModernis [ sr 30 30] B81 Res May 29 04 10:29 >>>66: + 2807 W 2490 azfar [ sr 30 30] C63 Res May 29 04 04:31 >>>65: + 2802 B 2495 azfar [ sr 30 30] B41 Mat May 29 04 04:19 >>>64: + 2797 W 2500 azfar [ sr 30 30] C63 Res May 29 04 03:39 >>>63: + 2792 B 2532 PostModernis [ sr 30 30] E81 Res May 29 04 02:46 >>>62: + 2786 W 2538 PostModernis [ sr 30 30] B43 Res May 29 04 01:08 >>>61: + 2779 B 2717 crafty [ sr 60 30] E81 Res May 24 04 09:19 >>>60: + 2765 W 2629 Somnus [ sr 30 30] C42 Res May 12 04 23:23 >>>59: = 2754 B 2664 stormx [ sr 60 30] E94 Agr May 23 04 02:37 >>>58: = 2758 W 2730 crafty [ sr 60 30] C41 Agr May 22 04 00:47 >>>57: + 2759 W 2467 khmcrafty [ sr 30 30] C65 Res May 15 04 01:31 >>>56: + 2754 B 2726 crafty [ sr 60 30] E68 Res May 21 04 08:32 >>>55: - 2738 W 2582 TAL9000 [ sr 30 30] B06 Res May 20 04 18:51 >>>54: + 2762 W 2558 Sukkubus [ sr 30 30] C06 Res May 20 04 21:26 >>>53: + 2754 B 2585 TAL9000 [ sr 30 30] B47 Res May 20 04 02:56 >>>52: + 2744 B 2413 bodo [ sr 30 30] E67 Mat May 19 04 01:31 >>> >>> >>> >>>Standard Blitz Bullet 5-minute >>>2887 CSMath(C) 3526 sinferno(C) 3197 Weezer(C) 2736 Silvy >>>2838 CPU-Chess(C) 3520 Over-Rated(C) 3099 MoonBeam(C) 2607 K-Georgiev(GM) >>>2833 workuta(C) 3461 scrappy(C) 3032 SAL(C) 2533 LarryC(GM) >>>2807 sinferno(C) 3449 K-Georgiev(GM) 2921 Woef(IM) 2501 DrainYou(GM) >>>2732 ET2002(C) 3445 purpleheySS(C) 2874 Blargh(C) 2472 JSlaby(IM) >>>2725 SAL(C) 3422 nuts(C) 2845 Over-Rated(C) 2470 jeleen(GM) >>>2721 Foe-hammer(C) 3414 GeneraLisi(IM) 2836 azerichess(GM) 2457 imsim >>>2720 Good-Boy(C) 3378 Diadematus(GM) 2827 Wyrm(C) 2455 juliana(GM) >>>2683 Over-Rated(C) 3372 wackyraces(C) 2807 ajop(C) 2450 Bradidik(GM) >>>2667 stormx(C) 3369 Tavria(GM) 2786 stormx(C) 2448 micheliave(IM) >>>2659 Yace(C) 3333 poodledough(C) 2774 BountyHunte(C) 2444 Woef(IM) >>>2643 ajop(C) 3330 Dreev(GM) 2765 Hawkeye(GM) 2434 SmartChip >>>2636 Somnus(C) 3328 SAL(C) 2754 tribbles(C) 2431 MasterLev(FM) >>>2633 MoonBeam(C) 3317 lorenzo(GM) 2744 MoonShot(C) 2425 mhebden(GM) >>>2629 BountyHunte(C) 3315 azerichess(GM) 2743 TIGRANO(IM) 2406 vigleik(IM) >>>2623 Zappa(C) 3307 jeleen(GM) 2741 poodledough(C) 2404 Margency(FM) >>>2615 crafty(C) 3297 Silvy 2725 Sjeng(C) 2401 berge(GM) >>>2601 Sjeng(C) 3275 Weezer(C) 2717 Diadematus(GM) 2395 expatriot(IM) >>>2601 VodkaChilla(C) 3256 garompon(GM) 2708 RawPower(C) 2385 YARDBIRD(GM) >>>2596 Blargh(C) 3255 ninguno(IM) 2705 GGuseinov(GM) 2384 HeartSutra >>>2584 TAL9000(C) 3253 A-Riazants(GM) 2705 K-Georgiev(GM) 2384 Lependin(IM) >>>2575 SearcherX(C) 3247 severomors(GM) 2698 Smallville(GM) 2382 khashkoosh >> >> >>Hi Enrico, >> >>I had a long chat with "Thomas", who is the operator of this account. Thomas >>informs me that SPChess is the work of NINE programmers who have been working on >>it for seven years. It has its own interface, but the guys haven't yet managed >>to figure out how to interface with WinBoard. He said that the nine programmers >>didn't have big egos, so wished to remain anonymous. Apparently they will be >>online at 6pm Pacific time on Wednesday when they would answer all my questions. >>I pointed out to Thomas that SPChess would have a very good chance of being the >>world champion - surely the authors would be proud of such an achievement? He >>said that they didn't want to make themselves known. I pointed out that in six >>or seven years of playing at ICC I have had SIX very similar conversations with >>people operating very strong programs. I said that in all cases, the operator >>would claim that it was written by his "buddies", so as to avoid answering >>simple questions about what techniques the program uses. I suggested to him that >>his program was Shredder or more likely Junior, but he denied this. He kept up >>his story about his nine programmer friends. I'm afraid I wasn't too polite to >>Thomas, but to be fair to him he took my relentless teasing in good part. But >>he's not a serious person and he's operating a commercial program. All IMHO of >>course. >> >>Andrew > > >No less than 18 days ago he was using Shredder 8 via the winboard232d.exe >adapter. This was stated in his finger notes. > > 0 2765 CPU-Chess 2629 Somnus 1-0 [ sr 30 30] C42 Res 12-May-04 > 1 2636 Somnus 2722 CPU-Chess = [ sr 30 30] E94 Rep 12-May-04 > 2 2727 CPU-Chess 2604 Somnus 1-0 [ sr 30 30] E00 Res 08-May-04 > 3 2615 Somnus 2666 CPU-Chess = [ sr 30 30] E94 NM 08-May-04 > >He asked if he could play some longer time control games with Shredder 8 against >Ruffian 2.1.0 on my account. I of course said go for it. > >Up until a week ago he was using Shredder 8. I was trying to get a match with >him but he was in a series of games with epanek2 I believe. (I could be wrong on >the opponent) > >Peter. OK. That makes sense. When I said "Shredder" to him, I had in mind that I had read this somewhere. Andrew
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