Hi all ,
our rating lists are now online and can be found under the attached links.
40 / 20:
Today we added 1702 games made with 54 different engines to our list. See more in our list "Games of the week". In total our 40/20 list is based now on 378.694 games.
New engines:
The only new engine in our list is Scorpio 2.4 x64 1CPU. The 64bit version is now remarkable faster than 32bit - but we cannot attest a huge progress (2669 in 520 games). The engine is stronger than version 2.2 (2640) - but we still have 2.1 w32 with 2691 in our list.
Hi Werner
Just to let you know that Scorpio V2.3 and 2.4 are completely different from previous versions.
I decided to rewrite the evaluation using the faster approach using bitboards.
I could work on both , much like the case wtih Bright and Spark , but i wanted to stick to the newer approach eventhough
it is weaker currently.Though it may come as a shock to many that these versions are the weakest in the series, it doesn't surprise
me at all. The evaluation is not up there with previous version yet.
Thanks for testing
Daniel
Are you against testing the clones , I think soner or later the chess world is going to have to recognize these engines. It would be really appreciated if you start testing more engines.
Ok I respect that, but then you should go back to only testing Shredder and Fruit ext. and put Rybka on the clone list because Vas willing admitted that he got many ideas from Fruit and shredder. By definition these other engines are not clones. A clone is a perfect identical however these other engines may have been birthed from Rybka however they have evolved into something greater then Rybka which cannot be ignored.
I respect your moral standards. But then why do you test Toga and many others ? Their clones in a certain or clear way also.
And it stil has not been proven that "they" are clones.
beram wrote:I respect your moral standards. But then why do you test Toga and many others ? Their clones in a certain or clear way also.
And it stil has not been proven that "they" are clones.
regards Bram
If by "proven" you mean it was shown and the authors admitted it (such as Toga and Strelka), then I think you are misinformed.
"Tactics are the bricks and sticks that make up a game, but positional play is the architectural blueprint."
Excuse me, the authors of these engines claim there not a clone, are you going by fact and what has been proven or people’s opinion
Well here are some stolen items that I am willing to bet you use.
The mouse used for computer navigation was a stolen. See Bill Gates autobiography
the windshield wiper was a stolen idea by ford car company. See fords archive of lawsuits
The list is endless.
You cannot stop forward progress that fact is these authors have made something better then Rybka. The same way vas made something better then fruit which helped Rybka finds its way to the top.
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