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Subject: Re: A plea to all computer chess enthusiasts (absurdly long)

Author: Tony Thomas Karippa

Date: 04:29:27 02/11/06

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On February 10, 2006 at 05:12:10, Tord Romstad wrote:

>On February 10, 2006 at 03:09:31, Tony Thomas Karippa wrote:
>
>>>I hope I am wrong, but recently I have often had the impression that
>>>the general interest in weak chess engines is waning, and that the
>>>top engines get all the attention.
>>
>>Why are you complaining, your engine isnt weak, at least not in blitz. Its the
>>best freely available blitzer avilable, on my computer, not considering Rybka
>>free version and Toga.
>
>Thanks!  It isn't quite as good as you think, though.  Fruit 2.1 and Spike
>are both clearly stronger at blitz, and there are many others of approximately
>the same strength as Glaurung (Naum, Pro Deo, Ruffian 1.x, WildCat, SlowChess,
>Jonny, etc.).  Based on the data I have seen, I actually think that Glaurung
>is somewhat stronger at slower time controls, but it is still clearly behind
>Fruit and Spike.

Well, may be Glaurung likes my computer. Who knows? Or it could be the new book
that comes with Glaurung. I have seen it coming out of the book with a somewhat
clear advantage. It could be so many other reasons. I used Glaurung on both of
my computers and on the slower one, Glaurung is slightly behind spike and Fruit,
but clearly ahead of Naum, prodeo, etc...




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