Friday, November 20, 2009

Fritz 12 vs Robbolito e2 (latest version)

The latest version of Robbolito chess engine is e2. Its simply too strong for Fritz 12. The result so far is:

Engine Match 20 Nov 09, Blitz 5m/ 6 games

RobboLito 0.085e2 w32 vs Fritz 12 : 5-1

Note:
No opening book and tablebases for both engines.
OTM is on and OTF=22 for Robbolito

Monday, November 16, 2009

Rybka 3 versus new engines: RobboLito and Stockfish

Date: 7 Nov 09
Time Control: Blitz 5m
GUI: Fritz 12

Rybka 3 still the best. Result so far is:

Rybka 3 Human 1-cpu 32-bit - RobboLito 0.085d9 w32 3.5 - 2.5 +2/=3/-1 58.33%
Rybka 3 Human 1-cpu 32-bit - Stockfish 1.5.1 JA 4.0 - 2.0 +3/=2/-1 66.67%


Download Stockfish here: Chess.com

Saturday, November 14, 2009

New chess engines: Robbolito and Ippolit

True, the limit to the creation of chess/engine is human imagination. Check yourself the two top class chess engines that are currently creating new waves, sweeping Rybka-3 and even the latest fritz 12. The best thing is these two engines are free and works well in any UCI capable chess programs...p/s: info as I read from other people's reviews

http://www.filecrop.com/Ippolit.html
http://www.cyclonechess.com/robbolito.htm

If you need a UCI capable program you can download Arena or Winboard

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Fritz 12 can't even beat old Rybka

Rybka is amazing. Even the old ver.2.2 is already strong enough for the newest Fritz 12. Salute to the Rybka programmer. Simply brilliant!!! The only drawback of Rybka is it is too slow in dealing database search function in aquarium interface.

Engine Match 7 Nov 09, Blitz 4m, No opening book.

Fritz 12 - Ktulu 4.2 5.0 - 0.0 +5/=0/-0 100.00%
Fritz 12 - Rybka 2.2n2 mp 32-bit 2.0 - 4.0 +1/=2/-3 33.33%

Friday, November 6, 2009

Fritz 12 vs Rybka 3 (Human Style)

Just got my Fritz 12 from Amazon today. Tried it on my AMD Turion 64x2 TL-60, 2GB RAM HP laptop versus Rybka 3 (both without opening books). With 4 minutes blitz games, Rybka 3 shredded Fritz 12 with 3.5 -0.5 score. My personal opinion is that most of the improvement in the new Fritz are just cosmetics. There is no significant improvement in the engine strength. The tutorials are just samples and look more like advertisment for Chessbase products rather than genuine tutorials. My verdict: If your are looking for the best engine to analyse games - (still) go for Rybka 3.