Author: Graham Banks
Date: 10:28:30 12/11/04
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On December 11, 2004 at 05:17:32, Sandro Necchi 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 >> >> >> >>Standings after Round 43 of 44 >> >>30.5 - Shredder 8 >>28.0 - Deep Junior 8 >>23.0 - Deep Fritz 8 >>21.5 - CM10th Creep >>21.5 - CM9000 Alliance >>21.5 - Pharaon 3.00b >>21.0 - Hiarcs 9 >>19.5 - Ruffian 2.1.0 >>19.5 - Chess Tiger 15 >>19.0 - List 512 >>16.5 - Aristarch 4.50 >>16.5 - Pro Deo 1.0 >> >> >> >>Games (Rounds 1-42) are for available for download through the following link: >>http://www.utzingerk.com/banks/st_03_final.htm >>Round 43 games will be available soon. >> >>Comments welcome as always, >>Graham. >> >> >>Round 44 pairings >> >>Shredder 8 v Deep Junior 8 >>Deep Fritz 8 v Hiarcs 9 >>Chess Tiger 15 v List 512 >>CM9000 Alliance v Pharaon 3.00b >>CM10th Creep v Pro Deo 1.0 >>Aristarch 4.50 v Ruffian 2.1.0 > >If we compare this tournament with the one where all the programs use the same >book and we take the top 3 programs (Shredder 8, Deep Junior 8 and Deep Fritz 8) >we see that with their own book they are on top of the score list, while without >they are not. >The only exception is Shredder 8. > >So, considering that powerbook is very wide and therefore the chances to "get >damaged" by the book are high, the score of DF 8 and DJ 8 are not surprising me. >Probably Shredder got not damaged the same getting playble variations and being >able to win or not to loose. > >This is what I always stated because it came out from my tests 28 years ago and >recently too. > >Sandro Hi Sandro, if you're referring to Ray's tournament at 40/2hrs, I think you need to wait until more rounds have been played before you can draw a comparison. My gut feeling is that there won't be much difference in the results. Remember also that the powerbook is being used with optimised settings. Regards, Graham.
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