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THE 2008 FIRST NUSANTARA CHESS MACHEIDE BLITZ TOURNAMENT
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Am not feeling well... My lungs still not fully recovered... While the MEDIA was reporting about criminals getting killed by police, food riots, fuel prices, missile tests, drug busts, price increases, etc etc etc, I held a silent "MACHEIDE" 1-minute blitz chess tourney in the computer using free downloaded software from the Internet. The interface SHREDDER 3 is a 30-day free trial version. And all the chess engines ("brains") are free downloads. So, these results are not really RELIABLE...
I let the chess engines (the "MACHEIDES") fight against each other in 1-minute blitz games.
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Presenting/Introducing the participants:
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RYBKA 1.0 Beta
Author: Vasik Rajlich
HIARCS Paderborn 2007 SP
Author: Mark John Uniacke
TWISTED LOGIC 20080620
Author: Edsel Apostol (Philippines)
CRAFTY
Author: Dr. Robert Hyatt
SHREDDER CLASSIC 3
Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
REALLY CLASSIC 3?
Comes with Shredder as extra engine. I believe this is just another Shredder version...
TABLE 1I'm surprised at the poor performance of HIARCS. I expected it to hold 2nd or 3rd place! Maybe I had downloaded a FAKE version! This is one problem with FREE software...
CRAFTY was always at the bottom. But just even try to draw with it in BLITZ... And it scored well against the CHAMPION! A potential spoiler... RYBKA ALWAYS TOPPED all tourneys. So if you want to be a MACHEIDE, beat RYBKA!
Additional test runs:
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ENGINE MATCH 3 GAMES EACH
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HIARCS vs RYBKA
Rybka won 2-1 (1 win, 2 draws)
HIARCS vs TWISTED LOGIC
Twisted Logic won 2.5-0.5 (2 wins, 1 draw)
HIARCS vs SHREDDER CLASSIC 3
Shredder won 3-0
HIARCS vs CRAFTY
Crafty unexpectedly stopped working on 2nd game
HIARCS won 2.5-0.5 (2 wins, 1 draw)
HIARCS vs REALLY CLASSIC 3?
Really Classic won 2.5-.5 (1 win, 2 draws)
TWISTED LOGIC vs RYBKA
Well-fought draw 1.5-1.5 (1 win each & 1 draw)
In 1st game, Rybka was queenless & lost!
In last game Rybka took revenge.
TWISTED LOGIC vs SHREDDER CLASSIC 3
Shredder won 2.5-0.5 (2 wins, 1 draw)
TWISTED LOGIC vs REALLY CLASSIC 3?
Really won 2-1 (2 wins, 1 loss)
TWISTED LOGIC vs CRAFTY
Draw: 1 win 1 loss 1 draw
TWISTED LOGIC vs HIARCS
Twisted shut out Hiarcs 3-0!!!
RYBKA vs HIARCS
Rybka won 2.5-0.5 (2 wins, 1 draw)
RYBKA vs SHREDDER CLASSIC 3
Rybka won 2-1 (1 win, 2 draws)
RYBKA vs REALLY CLASSIC 3?
Rybka won 2.5-0.5 (2 wins, 1 draw)
RYBKA vs CRAFTY
Rybka demolished Crafty 3-0
RYBKA vs TWISTED LOGIC
Twisted won 2-1 (1 win, 2 draws)!
A very exciting match! I thought it would end in a draw, but in the last game Rybka had a queen vs Twisted's two rooks with Rybka ahead in time by 5+ seconds & yet it ultimately lost on time!?!?! Did Twisted use an arm-twisting technique - & HACKED the clock???
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ADDITIONAL FEW GAMES
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HIARCS vs RYBKA
Rybka won 2-1 (2 wins, 1 loss)
HIARCS vs TWISTED LOGIC
Hiarcs beat Twisted 2.5-0.5 (2 wins, 1 draw)
HIARCS vs SHREDDER
Draw! 1.5-1.5 (1 win 1 draw 1 loss)
CRAFTY vs HIARCS
Hiarcs won 2-1 (1 wins, 2 draws)
RYBKA vs TWISTED LOGIC
Rybka won 2.5-0.5
TWISTED LOGIC vs RYBKA
Rybka demolished Twisted 3-0
CRAFTY vs RYBKA
Rybka won 3-0
I wonder if some of these engines I downloaded free from the Internet actually contain virus that infect the other engines... I even conspiratorially suspect some of these engines might be using the other engines' actual computing time & resources! And actually just spying on one's computer! If one wants a truly reliable testing/BENCHMARKING of chess softwares/engines, then one has to have a virus-free computer, & the latest, original/genuine software & not free downloads!
I conducted another tourney minus RYBKA:
TABLE 2Shredder here scored a phenomenal 100%! Hmmm... I AM suspicious...
I finally decided to just use the SHREDDER as mere chessboard & did not allow its two engines to compete in this final 4-engine, 18-game tourney. I suspected it might be cheating!
TABLE 3Finally, finally, I let SHREDDER engage in a 3-game match each vs HIARCS, TWISTED LOGIC & CRAFTY in that order. SHREDDER literally shredded the opposition! It scored 3-0 successively blanking each of the other 3 engines!!!
Then SHREDDER engaged RYBKA in a fighting 1-0-1/2 draw! And RYBKA COULD NOT shut out SHREDDER - It won 2-1 & then 2.5-0.5. RYBKA could only blank Crafty but not HiArcs & Twisted Logic! What do these results mean? And are the results conclusive?
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AWARDING CEREMONY
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The Candidate Chess MACHEIDE of the 2008 1st Nusantara Chess Macheide Blitz Chess Tourney is RYBKA!
I also hereby announce to the CHESS WORLD (Human & Otherwise) that, from now on, the move 1 Nc3 (= 1 N-QB3) shall be called or be known as the RYBKA errr.... the MACHEIDE OPENING!!!
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LESSON/CONCLUSION:
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RYBKA is the STRONGEST chess engine. SHREDDER is next in strength, stronger than HIARCS. Third place is not certain/conclusive... In future tourneys, I will always include (i.e., "seed") TWISTED LOGIC & CRAFTY as potential "spoilers"...
If you have the latest versions of all the following engines, get them to play against each other in match & tourney: CHESSMASTER, FRITZ, HIARCS, RYBKA, SHREDDER, TWISTED LOGIC, CRAFTY, JUNIOR, REBEL etc Don't use BOOK. But set the PARAMETERS at same & optimum/maximum levels. Maximize strengths. And use an INDEPENDENT board/interface like ARENA or X/WINBOARD.
Lastly & really finally, allegedly today's world's strongest chess computer, the HYDRA, is based in Bahrain...
TMNP
ADDENDUM:
BREAKING NEWS: Latest 3-game 1-minute match result
SHREDDER BEAT RYBKA: 1 win 2 draws!!!
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