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Subject: Re: Rybka 1.01 Beta 13 b First impressions

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 05:32:13 01/29/06

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On January 28, 2006 at 16:50:28, Albert Silver wrote:

>On January 28, 2006 at 14:06:00, M Hurd wrote:
>
>>It seems that 13 b's search has been speeded up. On some test positions it seems
>>to get through the plys slightly quicker than previous versions and will
>>sometimes find the solution 1 ply earlier. For the testing of positions with
>>previous versions of Rybka the search soundness setting Ultrasolid appeared from
>>limited testing to be better than solid, however with 13b solid seems better,
>>what do others here think ? Whether this is true with games only time will tell.
>>

I am 99.9% sure that ultrasolid is either better than solid in all of the Betas,
or worse than solid in all of the Betas.

If things get any more complicated I'll need a few more neurons to handle
everything :)

Vas

>>Its nice to see the score show a mate when one is found. Its also good to see
>>the table bases being accessed in the display.
>>
>>Ah well, time to do some more testing......... :-)
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Mike
>
>I forgot to post the results, but it scored less well against Fruit 2.2 using
>UltraSolid in my 3m + 2s match. It's hard to determine whether the issue is
>simply the higher chance of swings at such a fast time control (I have seen many
>more at faster time controls than at slower ones), or whether US isn't really
>better (maybe just as good only).
>
>I still want to test other parameters such as the Good Position and Bad
>Position, as well as test other Improving Position settings.
>
>                                          Albert



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