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Subject: Re: rybka wins over 90% against fruit 2.2. and fritz9 at fixed depth

Author: Laszlo Gaspar

Date: 07:42:14 01/06/06

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On January 06, 2006 at 10:21:21, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 06, 2006 at 07:19:47, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
>
>>If you run tournments limiting ply to 3, Rybka absolutely kills fruit and
>>fritz9.
>>Rybka sure forms a good first impression.:)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                                                 1             2            3
>>1   Rybka 1.0 Beta 32-bit    ****       94.0 - 7.0    94.5 - 6.5
>>189.5/203
>>2   Fritz 9                7.0 - 94.0    ***          58.5 - 42.5
>>77.0/220
>>3   Fruit 2.2              6.5 - 94.5   42.5 - 58.5        **
>>55.5/221
>>
>>
>>
>>These numbers seem so imbalanced. I wonder if there is not some sort of bug in
>>the fritz gui or something.
>>
>>best
>>Joseph
>
>Your title is misleading so I changed it in my reply.
>My opinion is that Rybka searches x+2 plies when it claims to search x plies.
>
>From my experience it can see at fixed depth of 1 ply things that other programs
>see at fixed depth of 3 plies
>
>Here is an example
>
>[D]3k2r1/ppb5/3p4/r2N1p2/8/8/1P6/1K2RB1R b - - 0 1
>[D]3k2r1/pp1b4/3p4/r2N1p2/8/8/1P6/1K2RB1R b - - 0 1
>
>Rybka does not capture the knight at depth 1 in the first case but capture the
>knight ar depth 1 in the second case.
>
>Can Vasik explain why?
>
>evaluation?
>I do not believe it.
>
>It must be search and rybka search after Rxd5 Bc4 black move and see that in the
>first case no move save black from a loss of full rook when in the second case
>it searches Rxd5 Bc4 Bc6
>
>Uri
Hi all,

It's clearly seen that Rybka uses some form of selective search different from
others' in the quescence search which is not a full width search, therefore is
not counted in nps. This explains the low nps, Rybka does extra work in the QS
which pays off.
Obvious, that a usual 1 ply search cannot be such better even with a superb
evaluation but a Rybka-type can be.

Regards,
László



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