Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 10:03:07 07/15/04
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On July 15, 2004 at 12:49:11, Uri Blass wrote: >On July 15, 2004 at 12:37:31, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>You asked if you configured Jonny wrong, the only thing that I noticed was that >>while Crafty 19.15 anf Moveinow were using Opening Books, Jonny was calculating >>from the very first move. I don't even think that the top programs such as >>Shredder 8 or Deep Junior 8 can score any better than Jonny did without an >>opening book :-) >> >>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?376859 > >I think that you overestimate opening books and I expect shredder8 without >opening book to score at least 8 out of 16 against the following free programs( >2 games against every program) when the opponents use book. > >1)Ruffian1.0.1 >2)List5.12 >3)Delfi4.5 >4)Aristarch4.50 >5)Crafty19.15 >6)Thinker4.6 >7)Elchinito3.4 >8)Glc3.034 > >Uri Yes, you might be correct since shredder 8 is over 100 rating points more than any of these programs, but if you take List 512, Aristach 4.50, Jonny 2.64 or Ruffian which are at the same level give or take 30 rating points up or down and match them against any of these four, whichever program you decide not to give it an opening book will NOT score more than 30% against the rest of the programs with Opening Book. I do realize that the Opening book only provide a 30-40 rating points difference, but that difference when the programs are similar in strength can make all the didderence in the world :-) Jorge
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