BSC 3.7f

[swami]

It's claimed to be a 2350+ engine.

Extensively tested in various test suites.

Quite an ancient engine. Been around since Year 2000.

http://b0n0.free.fr/bsc/bsc.html#id449169

[beachknight]

A test tournament with two previous versions, BSC 3.6 and BSC 3.7,
can be found at:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ches ... ssage/3919

[swami]

A test tournament with two previous versions, BSC 3.6 and BSC 3.7,
can be found at:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ches ... ssage/3919

Nice presentation.

One of the important factor I forgot to report in STS results is "Rated Time". I will also report the rated time as well as scores /900 for this engine.

/9000 is kinda buggy in Arena as Wesley Cleveland pointed out. Arena doesn't understand the partial credit moves, and introduces secondary moves as one of the best moves occasionally.

Rated time is the earliest time the engine finds the best move in its search.

[swami]

BSC 3.7f
Nicolas ROBERT, France.

Strategic Test Suite Conditions:

Core2Quad 32 bits, Q6600, 2 GB RAM, 2.4GHZ
10 seconds per position
900 positions
Engine uses 177 Mb Hash.
Arena GUI

Subject-wise Scores:

• STS (v1.0) - Undermining:
  56/100, Grade: C+
  
  STS (v2.1) - Open Files and Diagonals:
  41/100, Grade: E
  
  STS (v3.0) - Knight Outposts/Centralization/Repositioning:
  45/100, Grade: D
  
  STS (v4.1) - Square Vacancy:
  39/100, Grade: ?
  
  STS (v5.0) - Bishop vs Knight:
  57/100, Grade: C+
  
  STS (v6.0) - Re-Capturing:
  57/100, Grade: C+
  
  STS (v7.0) - Offer of Simplification:
  45/100, Grade: D
  
  STS (v8.1) - Advancement of f/g/h Pawns:
  34 /100, Grade: ?
  
  STS (v9.0) - Advancement of a/b/c Pawns:
  32/100, Grade: ?

Overall Performance:

Total Score: 406/900

Average : 45.11%

Grade: D

Regards,
Swami