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

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 02:22:28 07/16/04

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On July 16, 2004 at 05:16:19, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>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?376920
>
>Jorge



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