The New Threat

[mar]

There is life beyond houdini

+1

[S.Taylor]

There is life beyond houdini

I feel Houdini is already a good enough achievement of computerchess. Rybka 4.1, not quite.

Anything more, i will believe, if and when it clearly shows Houdini to be playing inferior chess. But i feel that for my own interest in chess, Houdini 2 is already a worthy companion.

(It took me many years to feel some satisfaction from a program)

The "life beyond Houdini" should now be, what _I_ can gain from it.

[Graham Banks]

It doesn't look like there's a real "new threat".
Maybe we would see more clearly if it included Houdini 2, plus its clearest top rival.

Probably a bad choice for a tournament name. I was referring to the new versions of Gaviota and Cheng hopefully being a threat to the other engines in the field.

[Graham Banks]

THE NEW THREAT

Intel i5 750
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Silver 2011.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU


Standings after Round 25

15.5 - RedQueen 1.0.0 32-bit
15.0 - Deuterium 11.01.28.159
15.0 - E.T.Chess 13.01.08
15.0 - Dirty 25Aug2011 32-bit
14.5 - Colossus 2008b
14.5 - Bobcat 2.75 32-bit
13.5 - Chessmaster 11 Conqueror
13.5 - Cyrano 0.6b17
12.5 - WildCat 8
12.0 - Ruffian 2.1.0
11.5 - Pro Deo 1.6
10.5 - Hamsters 0.7.1
9.5 - Arasan 13.1 32-bit
9.5 - Pharaon 3.5.1
9.5 - Cheng3 1.05 32-bit
8.5 - Gaviota 0.84 32-bit


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where games will be available for download after every round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=6159

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://home.pacific.net.au/~tommyinoz/client.zip
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16053

[S.Taylor]

It doesn't look like there's a real "new threat".
Maybe we would see more clearly if it included Houdini 2, plus its clearest top rival.

Probably a bad choice for a tournament name. I was referring to the new versions of Gaviota and Cheng hopefully being a threat to the other engines in the field.

Threat in suicide chess!

[mar]

Threat in suicide chess!

Hello Trolly, can YOU beat any one of these all by yourself?

Regards

Martin

[S.Taylor]

irrelevant. See thread.

[mar]

irrelevant. See thread.

What's relevant about insulting original engines?

Martin

[S.Taylor]

irrelevant. See thread.

What's relevant about insulting original engines?

Martin

No insult ever intended.
See context.
But i appologise if misunderstood.
(The thing which made me open this whole thread, was its heading "new threat", but i couldn't work out which engine was being refered to, as THE new ultimate top engine. [oh, and i wish a lot of success to absolute original engines!!!]).

[Graham Banks]

THE NEW THREAT

Intel i5 750
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Silver 2011.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU


Final Standings

18.5 - RedQueen 1.0.0 32-bit
18.5 - Deuterium 11.01.28.159
18.5 - E.T.Chess 13.01.08
17.5 - Dirty 25Aug2011 32-bit
17.0 - Colossus 2008b
16.0 - Ruffian 2.1.0
15.5 - Bobcat 2.75 32-bit
15.5 - Cyrano 0.6b17
15.0 - Chessmaster 11 Conqueror
14.5 - WildCat 8
13.5 - Pharaon 3.5.1
13.5 - Hamsters 0.7.1
13.0 - Pro Deo 1.6
12.0 - Arasan 13.1 32-bit
11.0 - Gaviota 0.84 32-bit
10.5 - Cheng3 1.05 32-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=24091