Author: Graham Banks
Date: 10:23:11 12/11/04
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On December 11, 2004 at 05:39:46, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >On December 11, 2004 at 04:33:08, Graham Banks wrote: > >>Athlon XP1900+ >>128mb hash or closest allowed for each engine >>3,4,5 men tablebases >>Ponder off >>No learning >>Engines using own books where able >>List 512 using general.ctg >>CM9000 Alliance using CM8000 book (manually converted) >>CM10th Creep using powerbook with optimised settings >>44 rounds at 40 moves in 2 hours repeating > >Hi Graham, > >for me not a surprise but very interesting is Pharaon. >Also the older version 2.62 is very very strong with longer time controls and >one of the best available amateur engines, speaking from version 2.62. Pharaon >need time. A great result again for Pharaon. > >The problems are only the games (for me). I like more the engine which play >tactical chess. But the strategy of Pharaon is interesting, more or less in much >cases I am thinking a born and bred GM is playing. > >With other words, I missed tactic attacks in Pharaon. Could you look in your >database in the Pharaon games, perhaps you can give me the shortest games, or >perhaps you can send me the database for my collection. > >Thanks! > >Best >Frank Hi Frank I'll happily send you the Pharaon games at the end of the tournament. I agree fully with your comments about Pharaon excelling at longer time controls. Regards, Graham.
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