Author: Ómar Skúlason
Date: 12:11:15 11/17/05
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On November 17, 2005 at 13:06:05, Per Jørgensen wrote: >Hello Chesscomputerfriends! > >Several Months ago I got the idea to make a Ratinglist similar to the one Klaus >Wlotzka is making for CSS (Computer Schach und Spiele) but with one important >difference. While Klaus is testing with 10 min. for the whole game plus 10 sec. >per made move I would be testing with only half the time (5+5). Fortunately >Klaus thought it was a good idea and I would like to thank him for support and >advice during the process. I did a lot of testing and I managed to develop a >Ratinglist of 17 Engines (each one having played 320 games). At that time I >realized that my Hardware wasn't strong enough to cope with the needs of modern >Engines (especially Fritz 9 which in my opinion requires at least 512 kb Level 2 >Cache to perform at its maximum). Consequently I have purchased new Hardware: > >Asus A8V Motherboard, Socket 939, FSB 1.000 MHz >AMD Athlon 64 4000+, 2.4 GHz, 1 MB Level 2 Cache, 90 nm San Diego Core >2 x 512 MB Corsair PC 3200XLPT RAM (CAS Latency 2-2-2-5) > >A couple of days ago I started the new testseries and I'm still playing with the >thinking time 5+5. As mentioned earlier I am testing the way Klaus Wlotzka is >doing: 10 basic openingpositions that each engine has got to play with white and >black meaning that an Enginematch equalizes 20 games. If you are interested in >further details (like the specific openingpositions) I refer to the excellent >Website of CSS: www.computerschach.de. It's my aim, just like Klaus Wlotzka, to >develop a Ratinglist of app. 25 Engines. So far I have been testing 5 Engines >and here are the results: > >AMD Athlon 64 4000+ >64 MB PC 3200 Ram (CAS Latency 2-2-2-5) >8 MB Cache for TB's >TB's: Nalimov - 3 + 4 Pieces >Pondern Off > >Fritz 9 - Shredder 9: 11½-8½ >Spike 1.0a Mainz - Fritz 9: 7½-12½ >Spike 1.0a Mainz - Shredder 9: 8½-11½ >Fruit 2.2.1 - Fritz 9: 6-14(!) >Fruit 2.2.1 - Shredder 9: 11½-8½ >Fruit 2.2.1 - Spike 1.0a Mainz: 14-6 >The King 3.33 - Fritz 9: 7½-12½ >The King 3.33 - Fruit 2.2.1: 6-14 >The King 3.33 - Shredder 9: 9½-10½(!) >The King 3.33 - Spike 1.0a Mainz: 10-10 > >And here is the current standing in points after each engine have played 80 >games: > >1. Fritz 9 50½ >2. Fruit 2.2.1 45½ >3. Shredder 9 39 >4. The King 3.33 33 >5. Spike 1.0a Mainz 32 > >I guess that this standing is not a big surprise but at least 2 things are >remarkable: 1) The King 3.33 have so far made a very strong performance and >perhaps this huge and comprehensive Programme benefits from my quite fast >Hardware and 2) Although each engine have only played 80 games Fritz 9 leads >Shredder 9 by more than 10 points! When I made my last Ratinglist on my old >Hardware Shredder 9 was app. 30 Ratingpoints ahead of Fritz 9, I certainly don't >expect this to happend again! > >The next engines to be tested are Ruffian 2.1.0 and Loop List. > >Best regards >Per Jørgensen Hi Per! The report of your fine hardware update; got me to think about what is an _ordinary_ hardware for us "hometesters". We sometimes talk about "the strongest engine on ordinary hardware" or "strongest engine for 1 cpu". I thougt for a moment that you were favoring Fritz with "512 level 2 cache" but I guess it is still ordinary, at least it was in my comp when I looked just now. But I think that you must get you all 5 men TB if you want to be respected :-) And.. Ruffian is old news, I would rather see you test GambitFruit with every parameter turned on including the mistic Rebel Reduction. Best regards, Ómar.
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