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

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 02:16:19 07/16/04

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On July 16, 2004 at 05:09:28, Uri Blass wrote:

>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


Thanks for mentioning that, I was going to say something similar that Jonny at
G/60 or longer is a menace. Next match will be against Ruffian 1.05 :-)

http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?377075

Jorge





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