Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 12:34:06 07/01/04
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On July 01, 2004 at 15:11:05, Norm Pollock wrote: >On July 01, 2004 at 15:01:47, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On July 01, 2004 at 14:32:18, Norm Pollock wrote: >> >>>On July 01, 2004 at 14:14:50, Peter Berger wrote: >>> >>>>On July 01, 2004 at 13:51:27, Norm Pollock wrote: >>>> >>>>>I hope Dr Hyatt uses 18.12. I think it is stronger than 19.14. 18.12 was >>>>>recently matched by SSDF to Shredder8. I suspect the chessbase folks are >>>>>expecting 18.12. >>>> >>>>Given the result of the recent SSDF match I am surprised that you think that >>>>18.12 is stronger. It is likely that Dr Hyatt will use version 19.15 though, >>>>which is most probably also what the "ChessBase folks" would expect :) . >>>> >>>>Peter >>> >>>I think 18.12 got about 25% in the SSDF match. Keep in mind that Shredder8 is a >>>stronger engine, the match was in the chessbase GUI with a CB book. I think that >>>with a level playing table, 18.12 would have a 33% chance of beating shredder8 >>>in a single game. >> >>I think that you forget that 19.15 has 200% result against every program in the >>ssdf list. >> >>If you do not believe me then take the number of games that 19.15 played in the >>ssdf against program X(0 for every X) and multiply by 200%. >> >>You will find exactly the number of points that Crafty19.15 got in the ssdf >>against X(0 for every X). >> >>Uri > >Thanks for the math briefing. But isn't 200 * 0 = zero? ;-) > >Getting back to my equally illogical theory, the CB boys have 3 serious >contenders. Only one, Crafty, will have the hardware to pull off an upset. They >have checked all the versions of crafty and aside from a new untested version >19/.15 that may be buggy, the one they fear the most is 18.12. Otherwise why did >SSDF suddenly match it with Shredder8? 19.15 has some fixes. Also, download 19.14 and read "main.c" you will see how many bug fixes there have been since 18.12. Even now, 19.15 on ICC dual xeon is playing better than 19.14, IMHO.
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