Author: Per Jørgensen
Date: 00:32:34 03/02/06
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On March 01, 2006 at 23:10:16, Jorge Pichard wrote: >http://www.uciengines.de/Tournaments/UCI_League_A/uci_league_a.html Hello Jorge! No doubt, Spike 1.1 is a great and very strong Free-ware engine. It's about 40-60 ELO-points stronger than the previous version (Spike 1.0a Mainz). However, I wouldn't say that Spike 1.1 is the best free-ware engine. Take a look at some computer ratinglists and you'll see that Toga II 1.1a still is somewhat stronger. Here my own ratinglist: Program Elo + - Games Score Av.Op. Draws 1 Hiarcs 10 2760 36 36 280 63.9 % 2660 27.1 % 2 Fruit 2.2.1 2758 35 35 280 63.7 % 2660 29.6 % 3 Toga II 1.1a 2744 34 34 280 61.6 % 2661 33.9 % 4 Fritz 9 2724 35 35 280 58.8 % 2663 28.2 % 5 Shredder 9 2723 35 35 280 58.6 % 2663 28.6 % 6 Spike 1.1 2704 34 34 280 55.7 % 2664 32.9 % 7 The King 3.33 2662 34 34 280 49.3 % 2667 31.4 % 8 SmarThink 1.00 2655 34 34 280 48.2 % 2668 31.4 % 9 Ktulu 7.5 2652 36 36 280 47.7 % 2668 23.9 % 10 Pro Deo 1.1 2626 35 36 280 43.8 % 2670 25.4 % 11 Loop List 600 2610 36 36 280 41.2 % 2671 23.2 % 12 Gandalf 6.0 2610 35 35 280 41.2 % 2671 28.9 % 13 Naum 1.91 2604 33 34 280 40.4 % 2671 33.6 % 14 Glaurung 1.0.1 2594 37 37 280 38.9 % 2672 22.1 % 15 Ruffian 2.1.0 2580 35 35 280 37.0 % 2673 30.4 % I'm sure that if this tournament which your link leads to would continue for a long time then Toga II 1.1a would create an increasing gab to Spike 1.1 (and the other engines). In fact, there is another free-ware engine which is even stronger than Toga II 1.1a; Rybka 1.0 beta. Having said all this I would like to emphasize that Spike 1.1 is a great engine and we should all be glad that it is (still) a free-ware engine. Regards Per
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