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Subject: Re: Super Tournament III Final at 40/2hrs (Round 43 of 44 completed)

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 10:56:36 12/11/04

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On December 11, 2004 at 13:28:30, Graham Banks wrote:

>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.

Hi Graham,

I believe the list and score will not change at the end.

I know, but still powerbook is made on human games and not a dedicated book.
This is the difference.

Regards
Sandro




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