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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:44:13 06/01/04

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On June 01, 2004 at 10:33:36, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On May 31, 2004 at 15:08:51, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>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...
>
>He played this tournament under the Chessbase GUI.
>He used the commercial books from the predecessors for Fritz,Hiarcs and his own
>book for the rest.
>Don't ask me: Why?
>
>It makes no sense to play with book learning enabled under the circumstances
>mentioned.
>
>Michael
>

I thought this was the case where Crafty could not use its own book?  In any
case, it shows that there are a near-infinite variety of ways a match can be
played.  Whether they are good or bad configurations is another issue...


>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>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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