SSDF Computer Rating List 4/94
Mads Brevik
This list is a bit delayed, due to some account-problems. The school has decided to reorganize our
accounts which means that all users lose their logins during the summer. Anyway, I'll try to do
my best to post this list (without too much dealy I hope), which is being released twice a month.
I would like to make a short comment on the last PCA/Intel-blitz-tournament. I'm very impressed
by Fritz 3's performance during that event, and we chess-computer enthusiasts couldn't hope for a
better result (except for Fritz winning the tournament, that is!). It just shows how strong today's
high-end chess programs are in speed chess and blitz. Fritz 3 was running on a Pentium/90 which should
boost its strength significantly (the program examined about 100.000 pos. sec! It almost sounds too
good to be true. I really look forward to seeing this program on SSDF's blitz-list!). But chess
programs running on far slower 486 PCs are generally very tough blitz-opponents, often playing over 200
points above their tournament-strength! I wonder what Chess Genius 2, which is rated at over 2.600 ELO
on the SSDF blitz-list, could achieve on a powerful Pentium/90?
Finally, I must say that I find it very interesting and positive that Intel has chosen to support PCA
and chess. I hope they (Intel and PCA) will let more computers participate in human tournaments (without
having to pay a fortune), because that will make it easier for us 'computer-raters' to evaluate the true
playing-strength of the computers.
Have a nice summer!
Greetings,
Mads Brevik
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- Semper Fidelis Computer Science Student
at
Kongsberg College
of Engineering
NORWAY
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THE SSDF RATING LIST 4/94
28/5-1994
CPU/MHz RATING + - GAMES WON(%) OPPO
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1. Mephisto Genius 2.0 486/50-66 2.347 40 37 363 69 2.205
2. Chessmaster 4000 Turbo 486/50-66 2.322 45 41 304 73 2.146
3. Chess Machine King 2.0 aggr. ARM/30-32 2.320 30 28 658 74 2.142
4. Chess Machine Schroeder 3.1 ARM/30-32 2.316 36 34 439 69 2.175
5. MChess Pro 3.5 486/50-66 2.303 39 37 365 68 2.170
6. Chess Genius 1.0 486/50-66 2.284 41 38 343 71 2.128
7. Mephisto Gideon Pro 486/50-66 2.282 40 38 343 64 2.181
8. Chess Machine Schroeder 3.0 ARM/30 2.278 62 55 168 73 2.106
9. MChess Pro 3.12 486/50-66 2.276 37 34 427 71 2.123
10. Chess Genius 1.0 486/33 2.265 51 48 207 62 2.178
11. MChess Pro 3.12 486/33 2.249 57 53 174 64 2.144
12. Mephisto Vancouver 68030/36 2.234 37 34 451 73 2.058
13. Mephisto RISC 1 MB ARM/14 2.216 29 27 669 67 2.087
13. Saitek RISC 2500 128K ARM/14 2.214 27 26 723 65 2.105
15. Kasparov SPARC SPARC/20 2.213 36 35 391 61 2.133
16. Hiarcs Master 2.0 486/33 2.211 48 48 214 52 2.196
17. Chess Machine Schroeder 512K ARM/16 2.201 30 28 616 66 2.088
18. MChess 1.1-1.71 486/33 2.195 44 40 326 74 2.016
19. Chess Machine The King 512K ARM/16 2.182 35 34 412 59 2.120
20. Mephisto Vancouver 68020/12 2.167 26 24 866 71 2.012
21. Fritz 2.0 486/33 2.151 42 41 292 60 2.080
22. Socrates 3.0 486/33 2.147 53 53 173 49 2.158
23. Fidelity Elite v9 68030/32 2.124 41 38 364 74 1.944
24. Mephisto Berlin 68000/12 2.122 28 27 670 64 2.019
25. Mephisto Vancouver 68000/12 2.102 26 25 771 60 2.033
26. Hiarcs Master 1.0 486/33 2.085 52 52 184 49 2.092
27. Zarkov 3.0 486/25-33 2.048 51 54 185 39 2.127
28. Rex Chess 2.3 386/25-33 2.029 65 62 126 59 1.964
29. Saitek Kasparov Brute Force H8/10 2.023 28 28 629 55 1.989
30. Fritz 1.0 486/33 2.021 63 61 128 56 1.979
31. Zarkov 2.5 386/25-33 2.018 56 53 168 61 1.939
32. Novag Diablo 68000/16 2.004 23 24 879 47 2.022
33. Complete Chess System 486/33 2.002 62 60 133 54 1.975
34. Fidelity Mach III 68000/16 1.996 15 15 2.293 53 1.977
35. Mephisto MM V 6502/5 1.981 20 20 1.195 49 1.984
36. Mephisto Polgar 6502/5 1.972 18 18 1.574 44 2.016
37. Mephisto Milano 6502/5 1.958 26 26 720 42 2.018
38. Zarkov 2.6 386/25-33 1.944 71 69 103 56 1.903
39. Chessmaster 3000 386/25-33 1.934 68 74 103 36 2.032
40. Mephisto Amsterdam 68000/12 1.924 22 22 1.020 58 1.870
41. Kasparov GK-2000 H8/10 1.903 30 30 552 44 1.946
42. Mephisto Modena 6502/4 1.890 30 31 535 44 1.935
43. Psion Atari 68000/8 1.880 18 18 1.473 43 1.927
43. Novag Ruby H8/10 1.880 34 35 410 46 1.905
45. CXG Sphinx Galaxy 6502/4 1.879 18 18 1.496 39 1.955
46. Saitek Turboking II 6502/5 1.867 24 24 883 39 1.950
47. Conchess Plymate Victoria 6502/5.5 1.866 26 27 701 40 1.939
48. Saitek Kasparov Blitz ? 1.737 49 51 202 41 1.799
49. Chessmaster 2100 Amiga 68000/8 1.686 65 76 120 25 1.873
50. Mephisto Europa ? 1.679 50 52 190 42 1.738
51. Chess Champion 2175 Atari/Amiga 68000/8 1.670 56 62 157 30 1.819
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36.912 games played by 122 computers.
Mads Brevik
> Anyway, I'll try to do
> my best to post this list (without too much dealy I hope), which is being released twice a month.
Ooops! I have to correct myself: The SSDF-list is NOT being released twice a month, but 8 times
a year! Sorry!
Greetings,
Mads Brevik