Strongest Chess Engine

[Edsel Apostol]

Hi Everyone,

This is just for fun.

What about if the criteria to determine what is the strongest engine will be based on this formula:

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strenght = elo / age of programmer;

What would be the strongest engine?

In my case, Twisted Logic elo in CCRL is 2630 and my age is 23.

Based on the formula, the strenght is 114.347826.

Rybka is 3115 / 32 = 97.34375. I just estimate the age of the author of Rybka.

This means that my engine is stronger than Rybka.

Edsel Apostol

[Tony Thomas]

By those calculations Romichess is the weakest. Michael is the first computer program ever written by god estimated at approximately eleventy trillion years.

[nczempin]

Hi Everyone,

This is just for fun.

What about if the criteria to determine what is the strongest engine will be based on this formula:

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strenght = elo / age of programmer;

What would be the strongest engine?

In my case, Twisted Logic elo in CCRL is 2630 and my age is 23.

Based on the formula, the strenght is 114.347826.

Rybka is 3115 / 32 = 97.34375. I just estimate the age of the author of Rybka.

This means that my engine is stronger than Rybka.

Edsel Apostol

I guess I have to teach my 10-year-old and seven-year-old how to code a program that plays mostly legal chess..

I think Pradu beats you.

Wasn't the exacto author just a teenager?

[ilari]

Uh, how did you estimate Vas's age?

Anyway, your formula (even if for fun) totally favors young programmers. It's a lot easier for a 23-year-old to write a 2630 elo program than for a 50-year-old to write a 5700 elo program.

[nczempin]

Uh, how did you estimate Vas's age?

Anyway, your formula (even if for fun) totally favors young programmers. It's a lot easier for a 23-year-old to write a 2630 elo program than for a 50-year-old to write a 5700 elo program.

Of course it does, we all know it was created for his own sake

[Jacob]

And mine?

2200 / 19 = 115.79

[Edsel Apostol]

Hi Jacob,

You beat me by a point there.

Good luck to Etude. I remembered my first release was about 1700 only. You have a good start.

We the young ones are the future of Computer Chess.

Edsel Apostol

[Edsel Apostol]

Hi Ilari,

I remembered from one of the posts I have read about the age of Vas. I may not be correct but it is somewhere in the early thirties.

By the way, welcome to the club with your engine Sloppy. You should add UCI. It is a much easier protocol to implement.

Edsel Apostol

[Edsel Apostol]

Hi Nicolai,

I think Pradu's age is somewhere around early twenties, but his Buzz is somewhat weak as of now. So I think my score is still better. Though Pradu is a good programmer, one of the pioneers in Magic move generation.

Exacto's author if I remembered correctly is already in College last year so maybe he is somewhere between 19 to 21. I have not heard anything from that guy again.

Edsel Apostol

[Daniel Charles]

Dear Edsel

It would be interesting to create a Chess engines programmer Cup every year

I will try to have one for UCI engines

Ex :

For a New UCI engine : 100 pts
If the chess engine improve from release to release :

each new release = + 20 pts
if + 50 elo = + 50 pts


If Authors add SMP : + 50 pts + X pts (for elo gained)
EGTB or EGBB support : 20-50 pts
Chess 960 Support : + 30 or 50 pts

If an author A helps improve another free source B : He get points for the improvement on engine B

If the chess engine become commercial = - 50 pts

If the chess engine is Free sources = + 20 pts - 30 pts each time


it could motivated some chess engine authors if they see that others engine authors are more active or improve more their chess engine...
And It should be funny to see how many points some chess engine authors could win in one year. (especially for young new talents or very motivate authors )


Thanks

Daniel