Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 01:26:25 04/17/05
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On April 16, 2005 at 18:00:25, George Tsavdaris wrote:
>On April 16, 2005 at 17:01:26, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>After the end of serie 14, round 98 and 392 games, it is
>>still Shredder9 to have the lead.
>
> I think you should stop repeating this.....:-) That is because you will need to
>repat it 16 more times.........
>
>>Details / Ranking list / Games download
>>http://www.utzingerk.com/rk_2005.htm
>>
>> Program Score % Av.Op. Elo + -
>>
>> 1 Shredder 9 : 61.5/ 98 62.8 2489 2579 59 65
>> 2 Junior 9 : 51.0/ 98 52.0 2498 2512 69 50
>> 3 Chess Tiger 15.0 : 50.0/ 98 51.0 2499 2506 70 49
>> 4 Fritz 8 : 49.5/ 98 50.5 2499 2503 71 41
>> 5 Hiarcs 9 : 48.0/ 98 49.0 2501 2494 49 70
>> 6 Gandalf 6.0 : 46.0/ 98 46.9 2503 2481 47 68
>> 7 The King 3.33 : 46.0/ 98 46.9 2503 2481 45 68
>> 8 Ruffian 2.1.0 : 40.0/ 98 40.8 2508 2443 52 62
>
> The only conclusions i can make until now from this tournament are:
>
>1)Shredder 9 is absolutely invincible right now.......
>2)Ruffian 2.1.0 is one step behind from the other participants of this
>tournament.
>3)The last 3-4 years there was no big development of the Chess engines strength.
>Chess Tiger 15.0 shows this as it competes equally with the newest engines......
>4)Junior 9 still offers the most enjoyable play, but this newest Shredder and
>Gandalf are also offer interesting games......(Other engines also of course, but
>i'm impressed more with the aforementioned 3....)
>
>(Looking at error margins we can't clearly conclude 1) and 2) but anyway.....)
Hi George
I agree with your conclusions and would simply add that I
won't miss any of the above engines although it's true that
Junior 9 and Gandalf 6 play the most interesting chess.
Kurt
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