Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 03:12:45 06/14/04
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On June 13, 2004 at 22:14:04, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On June 13, 2004 at 17:42:32, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On June 13, 2004 at 16:52:53, Tord Romstad wrote: >> >>>On June 13, 2004 at 13:44:49, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>> >>>>On June 13, 2004 at 11:12:49, Tord Romstad wrote: >>>> >>>>>On June 13, 2004 at 06:21:15, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>Currently I am testing both programs at normal chess. I am using Gothmoth as an >>>>>>UCI engine under Arena, which as always and believe that it plays stronger than >>>>>>as an WB2. >>>>> >>>>>Certainly stronger than WB1, because Gothmog doesn't even support protocol >>>>>version 1. However, there is no difference at all between Gothmog as a UCI >>>>>engine or Gothmog as a WB2 engine. It might be more comfortable to operate >>>>>in UCI mode, but it will play exactly the same moves. >>>> >>>> >>>>I decided to experiment with both, 15 games as an UCI and 15 Games under WB2. So >>>>far Gothmog is winning by W6 L2 D2 as an UCI. I still think that Gothmog under >>>>WB2 play worse under Arena. >>> >>>This is simply not possible, unless there is a serious bug in the Winboard >>>support >>>in Arena (which I consider very unlikely; if this were the case a lot of people >>>would >>>have complained a long time ago). The only difference between Gothmog in UCI >>>and xboard mode is the way it outputs search information and receives commands >>>from the GUI. The parts of the engine that take care of the chess thinking >>>(search, >>>evaluation and time management) don't even know whether the program is running >>>in UCI or xboard mode. >>> >>>Thanks for testing my engine! :-) >>> >>>Tord >> >>Lets blame it on Luck, but all my matches that I have done with Gothmog under >>WB2 has proven to be less lucky than under UCI :-) >> > >Take a look at the last match after the first 15 games played under UCI, where >Gothmog lost to Frenzee by 9.0 to 6.0 under WB2: > > > Engine Score Fr Go S-B >1: Frenzee 9.0/15 ··············· 0==1=1=00101111 54.00 >2: Gothmog 6.0/15 1==0=0=11010000 ··············· 54.00 > >15 of 15 games played That looks bad for Gothmog, maybe something isn't quite right. I think it would be worth finding out who is to blame here, and make sure it isn't hurting other engines as well if it's the interface. -S.
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