Author: Graham Banks
Date: 14:45:14 01/05/06
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On January 05, 2006 at 09:09:27, Ray Banks wrote: >On January 05, 2006 at 08:57:29, Uri Blass wrote: >>It seems based on the CEGT rating list that the weaker engine that you test is >>Gandalf6.0 and the only free engine that you test is Toga1.1 >> >>some amateur engines that are ranked higher than Gandalf6 based on the CEGT list >>are: >> >>1)GambitFruit1.0beta4x >>2)Thinker5.0b >>3)Spike1.0Mainz >> >>Uri > >Hi Uri, >Thanks for your observations. The list of engines is just an initial list. It >will of course expand, and pick up both Thinker and Spike. >Ray Actually, Thinker 5.0b will probably not be tested as Lance has made significant changes to it. Therefore I can't see much value in testing it further and neither can Lance. We wanted to form an initial solid list where all engines had played 30 game matches against each other. After that, other engines would be added in and eventually testers would have the freedom of choice in running tournaments and matches with whichever participants they wish. It could well be that eventually we start a 40 moves in 80 minutes list and/or 40 moves in 120 mins list once our blitz and 40 moves in 40 minutes lists are well established. However that's just a possibility at this stage and is a long way off. This is one reason why we benchmarked to the Athlon 3800+. It allows us a longer period of opportunity. As Sarah quite rightly stated though, we don't see ourselves competing with CEGT, SSDF, Kurt, Sedat and others. ALL provide extremely useful information to the computer chess community and we're just aiming to be a small part of the big picture. Regards, Graham.
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