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Subject: Re: Update #3

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 08:18:45 12/17/05

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On December 17, 2005 at 08:35:23, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On December 17, 2005 at 02:20:15, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>>Chan says this is BS, but we know better!:o)
>>
>>I've never been more impressed by a new engine, kudos to Vas!
>>
>>Terry
>
>I echo your kudos to Vas.
>
>Update #3
>
> Engine                 Score
>1: Rybka v1.0 Preview.x64 21.5/33
>2: Shredder8              11.5/33
>
>14 wins
>4 losses
>15 draws
>
>33 of 1000 games played
>Name of the tournament: Arena tournament
>Site/ Country: WIN-64-MB, United States
>Level: Blitz 10/10
>Hardware: Dual AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 244 1804 MHz with 2,046 MB Memory
>Operating system: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Professional Service Pack 1
>(Build 3790)
>
>The games are amazing to watch -- even these short 10/10 games ( not that short
>- they take about about 40 minutes to play and the indicated search depth is 15
>to 20 ply).  Watching these games reminds me of of games on ICC 6 or 7 years ago
>when titled players (GMs and IMs) could pretty much handle a pc program and do
>what they want with it.  Rybka can pretty much handle Shredder 8 and play almost
>any opening - come out the opening fairly even and simply outplay Shredder for
>the rest of the game.

Yes, it truly is impressive, that quick slippery "little fish" Rybka!
I'm hoping Vas will approach ChessBase, and Lokasoft when he's ready.
This engine when fully "mature", would be an essential tool for GM analysis.

"Big Fish" Regards,
  Terry



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