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Subject: Re: Thinker 4.6b third after 1st round!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:08:51 05/31/04

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On May 31, 2004 at 13:41:39, Miroslav Nikolic wrote:

>Hardware: PIII 800MHz, 256Mb RAM
>OS: Windows Xp
>GUI: Chessprogram8 (Fritz 8)
>Tournament: 10x8x40min, round robin, 8 rounds
>Time control: 40'/40, 40'/40 + 40' (rest)
>Hash: 32 MB
>Ponder: off
>Resign: on
>Tablebase: Nalimov 4-pieces
>TB Cache : 6 MB
>Book used: DeepFritz7.ctg for Deep Fritz, H8 for Hiarcs, Select.ctg (by me)
>for others
>Book learning: off


Just a question:  Why would you want to turn off a part of a chess program that
is not easy to develop in the first place?  IE book learning is a part of many
engines.  Turning it off makes no sense to me... any more than turning off
passed pawn evaluation or selective search capabilities...


>
>
>10x8x40min Belgrade  2004
>Standings after 1st round:
>
>01 Deep Fritz 8______* 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1   6.5/9
>02 Chess Tiger 15.0__1 * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1   6.0/9
>03 Thinker 4.6b______1 0 * 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½   5.0/9  21.50
>04 CM9000 R1_________0 1 1 * 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1   5.0/9  21.00
>05 Shredder 8________½ ½ 1 1 * 0 1 ½ 0 0   4.5/9
>06 Junior 8__________0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 0 1 1   4.0/9  16.00
>07 Ruffian 1.0.5_____0 0 0 1 0 1 * ½ 1 ½   4.0/9  15.50
>08 List 512__________0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1   4.0/9  15.25
>09 Crafty 19.13______0 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ * 0   3.0/9  15.00
>10 Hiarcs 9__________0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 *   3.0/9  12.00
>
>Thinker 4.6b: 1-0 vs. Deep Fritz, Junior, Ruffian & List, = vs. Hiarcs!
>
>Best regards,
>Miroslav

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