Author: Uri Blass
Date: 21:19:45 08/27/05
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On August 27, 2005 at 23:07:45, A. Cozzie wrote: >Now that I am a graduate student, I have updated the Zappa webpage and moved it >to the university's site. So, while I appreciate Volker's hard work, I don't >have to steal his bandwidth anymore :) > >The new site: http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/acozzie2/www/zappa > >(it really amazes me that there is another acozzie in the world) > >Updates to the site: > >Zappa 1.1 (bugfix of 1.0, singular extensions actually work now, plus a few >trivial things). >Win64 and Linux versions. >(Yes, Zappa 2.0 will be commercial. It should be released sometime in >September. The engine is ready; the GUI is not. Although it does look Really >Nice). > >Games commented by GM Ehlvest (don't look for any serious analysis, just what he >was thinking when he played the moves). > >Zappa's games from the WCCC with score/depth/time for each move, and in a nice >format too :) > >Photo-journal for the WCCC and also the excursion we took. Note: I am not a fan >of thumbnails. Total its about a 3MB download for both Perhaps a bit large if >you are on dialup. > >Requests: > >I have been making two statements in the past few weeks that to be honest I have >no real proof of, only a gut feeling, namely a) that Zappa 1.0 (1.1) is a >reasonably strong engine, and b) that Zappa in general is much stronger at >longer TC than blitz. > >So I would be very interested in someone running a few matches, namely: > >Zappa 1.1 64bits - Fruit 2.1, 100 games, fritz8.ctg+swap-sides, tc. 5+1 3+1 is better for comparison. >Zappa 1.1 64bits - Fruit 2.1, 100 games, fritz8.ctg+swap-sides, tc 15+5 >Zappa 1.1 64bits - Fruit 2.1, 100 games, fritz8.ctg+swap-sides, tc 40+10 30+10 is better for comparison. >Zappa 1.1 64bits - Fruit 2.1, 100 games, fritz8.ctg+swap-sides, tc 90+30. > >I know that is a lot of CPU time (a few weeks total, I think), so only do it if >you are interested. I don't think 1.1 is quite a match for Fruit (even in >90+30), but I'm curious to see how it does. I know from talking to Fabien that >he would also be interested in a match like this, which is why I'm suggesting >Fruit. > >Anyway, if the score is the same for all timecontrols, then I will have to >recant my statements :) > >anthony If Zappa is losing on all time controls then better result at long time control may be result of diminishing returns. I think that it may be more interesting to know results of zappa2beta against Fruit2.1 or against Toga1beta in all time controls(hope that it can beat fruit at least at 90+30) or alterantively results of zappa1.1 against Fruit when you give zappa twice more time than fruit(Fritz gui enable to do match like that so Zappa1.1 will use 6+2 against 3+1 of fruit2.1 or 180+60 against 90+30 of fruit2.1. If you think that in these condition zappa1.1 can beat fruit2.1 only at 180+60 against 90+30 it may be evidence that zappa1.1 is relatively stronger at longer time control. Uri
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