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Subject: Re: ICC Chess Tournament. Programs and seedings

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 20:18:22 01/22/00

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On January 22, 2000 at 23:16:20, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On January 22, 2000 at 22:44:19, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On January 22, 2000 at 16:54:00, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>>
>>>On January 22, 2000 at 14:58:02, Steve McRiley wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>Here is the list of the programs that has entered the ICC Computer
>>>>Chess Tournament, the main author, ICC handle and CPU expected to be
>>>>used for this event.
>>>>
>>>>If any of this information is wrong or you are able to fill the gaps
>>>>in, please send me an e-mail.
>>>>
>>>>More information about this event can be found at ICC
>>>>(www.chessclub.com) int the fingernotes of CCT1 and in the helpfile
>>>>'cct'. To read this file, go online and type 'help cct'.
>>>>
>>>>+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
>>>>|Program        Main Author        ICC Handle      CPU            |
>>>>+--------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+
>>>>|Amateur        Will Singleton     Amateur        G3/500          |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Averno         José C M Galán                                    |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Bringer        Gerrit Reubold     Bringer        P3/500          |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Crafty         Robert Hyatt       Crafty         Xeon/400 x4     |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Diep           Vincent Diepeveen  DiepX          P/200 x4        |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|EXchess        Dan Homan          EXchess        P3/500          |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Ferret         Bruce Moreland     Ferret         Xeon/450 x4     |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Galahad        James Swafford     GalahadX                       |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|GnuChess       Stuart Cracraft    GnuChess       P3/500          |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Grok           Peter Kappler                     Athlon/650      |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Hossa          Steffen A. Jakob   Hossa          P3/500          |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Insomniac      James Robertson                                   |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|LambChop       Peter McKenzie     LambChop       Kryotech/1GHz   |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Little Goliath Michael Borgstaedt                                |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Nimzo          Chrilly Donninger  Varguz        Xeon 550 @616    |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|PostModernist  Andrew Williams    PostModernist  P3/450          |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Shrike         Dan Newman                                        |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Shredder(3) 	Stefan Meyer-Kahlen Netsurfer     Athlon 700mhz   |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|Tinker         Brian Richardson   Tinker         P3/600          |
>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>|ZarkovX        John Stanback      ZarkovX        K2/333 or K3/475|
>>>>+------------------------------------------------+----------------+
>>>>
>>>>SEEDINGS
>>>>--------
>>>>
>>>>1.  Shredder
>>>
>>>I heard this was going to be Shredder version 2 (not the version 4 that won the
>>>1999 World Comp Champs), in which case I don't think it should be seeded #1.  If
>>>it is version 4, then I think it should be seeded #1.
>>>
>>>>2.  Ferret
>>>>3.  Nimzo
>>>>4.  Crafty
>>>>5.  Diep
>>>
>>>I know Diep is a strong program, but I don't understand how it is seeded in
>>>front of LambChop.  LambChop finished a point in front of Diep at the 1999 World
>>>Computer Chess Champs and in the ICC Tournament LambChop will be on faster
>>>hardware too.
>>
>>Thanks, let's try some games diep without 1 ply search bug (as i had
>>in world champs) against lambchop.
>
>Everybody has bugs.  You frequently mention various bugs that you have found.
>Probably you have more, and when you discover them, you'll mention those too.
>
>I haven't seen anyone other than you disagree with moving your program down two
>notches.  The general consensus is simply that Diep is almost, but not quite, as
>good as you think it is.
>
>Instead of being offended by this, consider it as a way to get easier pairings.
>
>Dave

I prefer the first weekends the strongest pairings as i get a cool
machine the first weekend.




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