Bullet Tournamet
I recently installed several new engines that did not take part in the super-rapid play tournament. These were Ufim 8.02, Ruffian 1.05, Aristarch 4.50 and Petir 339d (Winboard). The hope was that they'd give my usual suspects a run for their money.
All 4 of them came in the bottom 5:
Program Elo + - Games Score Av.Op. Draws
1 TogaII : 2866 205 188 13 73.1 % 2692 23.1 %
2 Rybka v2.2n2.mp.w32 : 2866 205 188 13 73.1 % 2692 23.1 %
3 Cyclone 3.4 : 2807 165 157 13 65.4 % 2697 38.5 %
4 Bright-0.4a : 2781 201 191 13 61.5 % 2699 15.4 %
5 Glaurung 2.2 : 2781 175 169 13 61.5 % 2699 30.8 %
6 Naum 2.0 : 2755 185 179 13 57.7 % 2701 23.1 %
7 Spike1.2 : 2730 193 190 13 53.8 % 2703 15.4 %
8 GFruit-4bx : 2730 193 190 13 53.8 % 2703 15.4 %
9 Spike 1.0 : 2680 190 193 13 46.2 % 2707 15.4 %
10 Petir399d : 2680 146 148 13 46.2 % 2707 46.2 %
11 Zappa : 2602 203 222 13 34.6 % 2713 7.7 %
12 Aristarch 4.50 : 2574 196 215 13 30.8 % 2715 15.4 %
13 Ruffian_105 : 2574 196 215 13 30.8 % 2715 15.4 %
14 Ufim802 : 2376 179 246 13 11.5 % 2730 23.1 %
At least Rybka came joint top this time.
The time controls were 5 seconds/move in the hope to bring better play to the engines. This favoured the slower but higher-rated engines such as Glaurung and Naum.
The top 5 finishers will be taking place in another 5 second/move tournament shortly, but will play more games against one another in the hope to find the true rapid play champion...