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Subject: Re: Anyone heard of "SPChess -Chess Engine, experimental version 16.4"?

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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