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Subject: Re: Glaurung 1.0.2 - for the not so serious chess player??????

Author: Tony Thomas Karippa

Date: 05:58:22 01/26/06

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On January 26, 2006 at 06:00:32, Tord Romstad wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>There is now a new version of my chess engine Glaurung on my home page:
>
>http://www.glaurungchess.com
>
>Compared to the previous version (1.0.1) a bug which would cause the
>program to incorrectly evaluate some positions as draws has been fixed.
>This happened mainly in analysis mode.  When playing games, I think the
>bug is triggered so rarely that it has no impact on playing strength.
>Therefore, this new version is mainly of interest for those of you who
>use Glaurung as an analysis tool.  Those of you who create rating lists
>are adviced to use Glaurung 1.0.2 in future matches and tournaments, but
>please let it keep the rating of 1.0.1.  The difference in strength is
>probably too small to be measured.
>
>For those of you who are not familiar with my engine:  Glaurung is a
>moderately strong open source chess program.  It is nowhere near the
>commercial programs in strength, but it has a wild and speculative
>style of play which is great fun to watch (in my very subjective
>opinion, of course).  Source code and binaries for Windows, Linux
>and Mac OS X are available from the URL above.
>
>Have fun!
>
>Tord
I have to say you are really modest.
Premier division

Rank Engine Score Ry To Gl Ru Fr Ar De Na Sp Th Cr Li Ph Sl Za SO An Sm Pe Ya Kt
Sc Jo Pr S-B
01 Rybka v1.0 Beta.w32 74.0/92 · ·· ·· =1=1 =111 =11= 011= 1101 1101 1==1 1110
1111 1=11 0111 1=10 1101 1111 1110 0111 01=1 1111 1==1 1111 1=== 1111 1111
3284.50
02 TogaII 1.1a  62.5/92 =0=0 · ·· ·· ==01 1110 10=1 0=01 1101 ==11 1=01 ==1=
0111 11=1 1==0 11=1 =110 1111 111= 0111 1011 0==1 =111 =011 =010 1111  2741.50
03 Glaurung 1.01  60.5/92 =000 ==10 · ·· ·· =01= 11=1 1=== 0=1= 10=1 0111 1101
==10 11== =1=1 ==1= 1110 110= 1100 1111 111= 1==1 0101 101= 1111 =110  2646.50
04 Ruffian_105  56.5/92 =00= 0001 =10= · ·· ·· =010 =011 ==== 10=1 111= =1=1
01=1 1=11 111= 0100 0111 =1=1 1110 0110 11=0 110= 1101 1101 11=1 0=01  2479.50
05 Fruit_21  54.5/92 100= 01=0 00=0 =101 · ·· ·· 1101 00== 1==0 11== 0001 =00=
011= =111 =111 01=1 0111 1=0= 11=1 011= 1001 1011 1=11 1110 1011  2367.00
06 Aristarch 4.50  53.0/92 0010 1=10 0=== =100 0010 · ·· ·· 01=1 1010 0101 1101
===0 0000 1011 0101 1111 0=1= 1010 1=11 =101 1110 =111 =101 =111 =11=  2302.50
07 Delfi 4.6  52.5/92 0010 0010 1=0= ==== 11== 10=0 · ·· ·· 0=11 =10= =001 =11=
0=== =1=0 1011 ==0= 11== 111= 0=0= 1=11 1=11 ==11 ==10 =010 1111  2295.25
08 Naum 1.9  50.5/92 0==0 ==00 01=0 01=0 0==1 0101 1=00 · ·· ·· 0100 ==01 1011
==10 1011 1==1 110= 011= =1=1 1==0 =111 1100 00=1 1110 1011 1101  2188.75
09 Spike 1.0a  47.0/92 0001 0=10 1000 000= 00== 1010 =01= 1011 · ·· ·· 000= 11=1
11== 110= =1=1 1001 0010 ==1= 1111 11=1 00== 1010 ==0= 0011 1==1  2054.00
10 Thinker 4.7a  47.0/92 0000 ==0= 0010 =0=0 1110 0010 =110 ==10 111= · ·· ··
00== 00=0 1=1= =101 1=11 1011 0==1 0==1 10== =111 ==1= 0010 0011 0111  2038.00
11 Crafty 17.14  45.0/92 0=00 1000 ==01 10=0 =11= ===1 =00= 0100 00=0 11== · ··
·· =010 0001 ==01 1010 1011 111= 100= =1== 0=11 100= =0=1 1111 =0=1  1972.25
12 List512  44.5/92 1000 00=0 00== 0=00 100= 1111 1=== ==01 00== 11=1 =101 · ··
·· =11= 110= 1001 00=0 =1=0 1110 1100 10=0 0=0= 0110 1001 1101  1976.75
13 Pharaon 3.3  44.0/92 0=01 0==1 =0=0 000= =000 0100 =0=1 0100 001= 0=0= 1110
=00= · ·· ·· ==== =10= 011= 11== 0011 =011 1=1= 1=11 11=1 1111 0000  1915.00
14 SlowWV2  42.0/92 0010 00=0 ==0= 1011 =000 1010 0100 0==0 =0=0 =010 ==10 001=
==== · ·· ·· 0=00 1=10 111= 1001 0=01 1010 011= 1=10 10=1 1111  1820.00
15 Zappa 1.1  40.0/92 0000 =001 0001 1000 10=0 0000 ==1= 001= 0110 0=00 0101
0110 =01= 1=11 · ·· ·· 1000 0=0= 1100 0101 1011 ==11 0111 0001 1101  1720.50
16 SOS 5.1  39.0/92 0001 0000 001= =0=0 1000 1=0= 00== 100= 1101 0100 0100 11=1
100= 0=01 0111 · ·· ·· 0010 1=== 01=0 1==1 1110 101= =000 ==0=  1716.25
17 AnMon 5.53WB  39.0/92 1000 000= 0011 0001 0=1= 0101 000= =0=0 ==0= 1==0 000=
=0=1 00== 000= 1=1= 1101 · ·· ·· 1=01 0100 0110 00== 1111 11== 1=0=  1708.50
18 Smarthink v0.17a  38.0/92 10=0 1000 0000 1001 00=0 0=00 1=1= 0==1 0000 1==0
011= 0001 1100 0110 0011 0=== 0=10 · ·· ·· 0110 0011 0101 1010 0111 0101
1682.75
19 Pepit 1.59  38.0/92 0000 0100 000= 00=1 100= =010 0=00 =000 00=0 01== =0==
0011 =100 1=10 1010 10=1 1011 1001 · ·· ·· =0=1 ==01 0110 ==1= 1011  1607.25
20 Yace.099.56  37.5/92 0==0 1==0 0==0 001= 0110 0001 0=00 0011 11== =000 1=00
01=1 0=0= 0101 0100 0==0 1001 1100 =1=0 · ·· ·· 0111 1000 0101 0011  1692.75
21 Ktulu  37.0/92 0000 =000 1010 0010 0100 =000 ==00 11=0 0101 ==0= 011= 1=1=
0=00 100= ==00 0001 11== 1010 ==10 1000 · ·· ·· =1=0 1=01 =11=  1602.00
22 Scorpio_16fix  36.0/92 0=== =100 010= 0010 0=00 =010 ==01 0001 ==1= 1101 =1=0
1001 00=0 0=01 1000 010= 0000 0101 1001 0111 =0=1 · ·· ·· 0000 =110  1651.25
23 Jonny 2.83  35.0/92 0000 =101 0000 00=0 0001 =000 =101 0100 1100 1100 0000
0110 0000 01=0 1110 =111 00== 1000 ==0= 1010 0=10 1111 · ·· ·· 0=1=  1514.25
24 Prodeo 1.1  31.0/92 0000 0000 =001 1=10 0100 =00= 0000 0010 0==0 1000 =1=0
0010 1111 0000 0010 ==1= 0=1= 1010 0100 1100 =00= =001 1=0= · ·· ··  1360.00


1104 games played / Tournament finished
Tournament start: 2005.12.14, 15:39:56
Latest update: 2006.01.19, 20:04:00
Site/ Country: YOUR-E358B65523, United States
Level: Blitz 2/0
Hardware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz with 239 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
PGN-File: Premier division.pgn
Table created with: Arena 1.1

True that few blitz games dont prove a thing, but hell, I think its strong
considering the opponents.
Tony



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