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Subject: Re: Rybka finally loses

Author: Stuart Cracraft

Date: 13:23:25 12/20/05

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On December 20, 2005 at 12:22:58, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On December 20, 2005 at 05:38:33, Sedat wrote:
>
>>On December 20, 2005 at 02:34:22, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>Quad RR  TC==search depth ==1
>>>
>>>    Engine                 Score   Ry Mi SO Za An Pr He Ru Sh Cr    S-B
>>>01: Rybka v1.0 Preview.x64 14.0/15 ·· 1  11 11 10 11 11 1  1  11   94.00
>>>02: Michael Byrne {Human}  9.5/15  0  ·· 10 11 10 10 1  1= =  1=   61.50
>>>03: SOS 5.1 for Arena      7.5/15  00 01 ·· =  11 1  1  == 10 00   51.25
>>>04: Zappa                  7.5/15  00 00 =  ·· 0  0= 1= 11 11 1    45.75
>>>05: AnMon 5.50             6.5/15  01 01 00 1  ·· 1  =0 =  0= 10   51.75
>>>06: Pro Deo                6.5/15  00 01 0  1= 0  ·· 10 0  10 11   43.25
>>>07: Hermann 1.5            6.5/15  00 0  0  0= =1 01 ·· =0 11 1    40.00
>>>08: Ruffian 1.0.5          6.0/15  0  0= == 00 =  1  =1 ·· 01 0=   40.25
>>>09: Shredder8              6.0/15  0  =  01 00 1= 01 00 10 ·· 1    39.50
>>>10: Crafty64               5.0/15  00 0= 11 0  01 00 0  1= 0  ··   35.25
>>>
>>>75 of 180 games played
>>>Name of the tournament: RoundRobin
>>>
>>>12/20/2005 2:32:24 AM :
>>>
>>>    Program                          Elo    +   -  Games  Score   Av.Op Draws
>>>
>>>  1 Rybka v1.0 Preview.x64         : 1899  142 356   15   93.3 %   1441  0.0 %
>>>  2 Michael Byrne {Human}          : 1555  179 170   15   63.3 %   1461 20.0 %
>>>  3 Zappa                          : 1496  170 170   15   50.0 %   1496 20.0 %
>>>  4 SOS 5.1 for Arena              : 1492  170 170   15   50.0 %   1492 20.0 %
>>>  5 Pro Deo                        : 1454  184 191   15   43.3 %   1501  6.7 %
>>>  6 AnMon 5.50                     : 1454  169 173   15   43.3 %   1500 20.0 %
>>>  7 Hermann 1.5                    : 1449  169 173   15   43.3 %   1496 20.0 %
>>>  8 Ruffian 1.0.5                  : 1406  143 147   15   40.0 %   1477 40.0 %
>>>  9 Shredder8                      : 1404  177 185   15   40.0 %   1475 13.3 %
>>> 10 Crafty64                       : 1389  181 195   15   33.3 %   1510 13.3 %
>>
>>Hello Mike,
>>
>>What GUI,time control do you use ?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Sedat
>
>No time control - search depth control - search depth ==1 , I found it
>interesting but perhaps very unscientific since different programs do different
>thingd at search depth 1, plus it gave me a chance to score some points.
>
>My next tournament may be st==1 second (except for me) - that will be much
>harder for me, but it will level the playing field for the computers and it make
>an inteesting contrast to sd==1.  sd=3 also might be tried.
>
>Best,
>
>Michael

I would not advise either method. Give the programs 10 seconds each.

This evens out the disadvantages or advantages some program might have
with the startup that is caused with either short timed or short depth
forced searches.

10 seconds minimum is best.

Stuart

(Brian Richardson of Tinker proposed this idea.)



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