40x vs Houdini & Critter & Strelka = Big Headache!!

[geots]

This is a perfect example of why I sometimes have a short fuse if someone wants to explain to me what 50 games DOES & DOES NOT mean. Uncertainty is a way of life with me.

I was rolling along fine. Engine 40x played and I posted the matches yesterday in which he lost to Houdini 2.0c by 11 games- lost to Strelka 5.1 by 4 games- and beat Critter 1.4 SSE4 by 5 games.

Now I will post the next 3 50-game matches which will bring it to 100 games each. Could things be simple? Of course not. Everything turned upside down and now I am forced to set another match for each with 100 games- bringing the total to 200 games each. Because here, after beating Critter- he gets clobbered by Critter, and beats both Strelka and Houdini after losing to them both. So I have no choice- 100 game matches are called for now. (And I still have an upgrade in my pocket to Engine 40x.) Here we are:


Intel i5 w/4TCs
Fritz 11 gui
1CPU/64bit
128MB hash
Bases=NONE (Houdini used Nalimovs)
Ponder_Learning=OFF
Perfect 12.32 book w/12-move limit
40/3 Repeating- Adapted to benched 40/4
Match=50 games

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1   Critter 1.4 64-bit SSE4   +56    +19/-11/=20   58.00%   29.0/50
2   Engine 40x                -56    +11/-19/=20   42.00%   21.0/50

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1   Engine 40x        +14    +15/-13/=22  52.00%   26.0/50
2   Strelka 5.1 x64   -14    +13/-15/=22  48.00%   24.0/50

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1   Engine 40x          +28    +16/-12/=22   54.00%   27.0/50
2   Houdini 2.0c x64    -28    +12/-16/=22   46.00%   23.0/50

After the above 3 matches- here we are after 100 games each:

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1   Critter 1.4 64-bit SSE4    +31/-28/=41   51.50%   51.5/100
2   Engine 40x                 +28/-31/=41   48.50%   48.5/100

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1   Strelka 5.1 x64    +26/-24/=50   51.00%    51.00/100   
2   Engine 40x         +24/-26/=50   49.00%    49.00/100

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1   Houdini 2.0c x64    +36/-29/=35   53.50%   53.5/100
2   Engine 40x          +29/-36/=35   46.50%   46.5/100

So now I will run 3 100-game matches for a total of 200 games each. Personally, I get the feeling Engine 40x can beat anyone, anytime, anywhere- if he is in the mood. Yes, I think he is part human. I talk to him all the time- but when he starts talking back- I'm outta here!

100 more each on the way. This ought to be good-


george

[gleperlier]

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Welcome to the crazyland called computer chess my friend....

You are welcome to get your logic twisted to the max

[Bram Visser]

I'm exited to see the results after 200 games !

[geots]

I'm exited to see the results after 200 games !

Thanks for the interest, Bram. I will be posting it in the next few hours- 200 games total each. I have had power going off and on here for 2 days- and it has been hard to finish. Be around if you can- it will be coming as quick as I can get thru checking 100 PGN games x3.


Best,

george