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Subject: Re: Rybka blitz results slightly disturbing

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 07:03:42 12/31/05

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On December 31, 2005 at 09:59:28, Majd Al-Ansari wrote:

>I have noticed a slight decrease in results also, but I would not attribute it
>to a weaker engine.  I think it has more to do with time management.  The newer
>version of Rybka seems to be playing moves much quicker and always has way more
>time than its opponent.  I could be mistaken, but that is what I feel has
>happened.  This will only be noticeable in short time controls.

If I remember right you can set a time control parameter. Perhaps you can select
slow and see if that makes a difference.

Torstein
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>On December 31, 2005 at 09:48:13, James T. Walker wrote:
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>>I have been testing the three versions vs only 3 programs at blitz.  Here are
>>the results so far.  First two version have played the same opponents exactly
>>the same number of games.  Beta7 is catching up but so far.....
>>
>>1	Rybka 1.0 Beta 32-bit		2392	334
>>2	Rybka 1.01 Preview 2 32-bit	2377	334
>>3	Rybka 1.01 Beta 7 32-bit	2352	150
>>4	Fritz 8         		2341	232
>>5	Fruit 2.2.1      	     	2332	276
>>6	Toga II 1.1     		2306	310
>>The downward trend of Rybka is disturbing even though the number of games is
>>small.



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