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Subject: Re: The advantage is too obvious with book and without Book (Experiment

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:09:28 07/16/04

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On July 16, 2004 at 05:01:59, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On July 16, 2004 at 04:41:59, Joachim Rang wrote:
>
>>On July 16, 2004 at 03:49:14, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>The advantage is too obvious with book and without Book, Jonny 2.64 doen't have
>>>a chance against an opponent of equal strength like Aristarch 4.50. Therefore, I
>>>simply stopped this unfair match. If anybody like to compare engines they would
>>>have to match them by providing both programs with equal weapons :-)
>>
>>Jonny doesn't have a chance with book either. Your first match was simply an
>>exception. Aristarch is significantly stronger than Jonny with or without book.
>>I expect the difference with and without book to be not so big but certainly
>>visible.
>>
>>regards Joachim
>
>
>Sorry in chess there is not exception or luck, specially in a match of 20 games,
>if I play an opponent that is rated close to me around 1950 and he beats me by
>the same margin that Jonny beat Aristarch 4.50 then I simply don't have any
>excuses. Remember programs are not like humans they don't have good day or bad
>day, neither personal problems like we do. I am sorry to say that if you had a
>bad match with Jonny you simply had it configured wrong.
>
>Jorge

The time control was not the same and it is possible that Jonny does not like
blitz time control.

Jonny got draws against the top programs in WCCC at longer time control inspite
of superior hardware of the opponents and I will not be surprised if people find
that it is better than Aristarch at long time control.

Uri



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