Author: Heinz van Kempen
Date: 02:56:10 12/06/05
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On December 06, 2005 at 05:19:47, Bigler wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>ok, its maybe a bit early to figure out any conclusions.
>
>for sure Rybka is very strong.
>
>when looking at CEGT results after 24 games ELO 2907 (I know very few games...)
>and when reading other results published yesterday where Rybka scored around 65%
>against all other top engines, I would have said yes, maybe this engine is over
>100 ELO point stronger than Fritz 9 and Fruit 2.2.1
>
>
>After the very short match I have played Fruit 2.2.1 and Rybka at 20min + 2sec,
>the score is even, 5,5/11
>reading now that Fritz 9 leads at 20min match and that Junior 9 also resits very
>well at this time control, I have 2 interogations :
>
>- is 20min not a good time control for Rybka and if yes, why ?
>- Is Rybka still around 100 ELO points stronger than Fritz 9 and Fruit 2.2.1 ?
>
>thanks for you inputs
Hi Bigler,
tomorrow there will be a CEGT rating list updates for 40/40 and 40/4.
http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/chess/cegt/
http://www.husvankempen.de/nunn/
So far I know the results for more than 300 games 40/40 (around 270 40/40
results you find in a posting below) and more than 600 games 40/4, but few
testers up to now reported. From the games checked it seems that Rybka is
stronger with faster time controls, but it will be on top with every time
control. Maybe we can confirm this already with more certainty tomorrow.
Moreover a more intense testing for the 64 bit beta starts tomorrow and Vasik
expects another improvement by that one, maybe 25 ELO. In the near future (and
already now for some) this 64 bit version will be more interesting for most.
When you check the readme file you will see that there is more to come with the
official release:
<<User Features in Full Release
The Beta releases are missing several features which will be present in the full
release. These features are related to user friendliness and have no effect on
practical playing strength, so it is appropriate for Rybka 1.0 Beta versions to
represent Rybka 1.0 in rating lists. These features include:
1) Full support of UCI protocol ("go nodes", "go mate", "go searchmoves", etc)
2) Multi-variation mode
3) Tablebase support (I should say that it is only my personal opinion that
tablebases are not a playing strength feature - others may disagree)
4) Proper handling and reporting of mates>>
Another question is if it is good for competition when Rybka will be too far
ahead :-).
Best Regards
Heinz
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