THE SSDF RATING LIST 2001-10-02 81185 games played by 226 computers

Rating + - Games Won Oppo

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1 Deep Fritz 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2726 55 -51 182 65% 2618

2 Gambit Tiger 2.0 256MB Athlon 1200 2720 50 -48 205 59% 2653

3 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200 2703 49 -46 230 65% 2592

4 Shredder 5.32 256MB Athlon 1200 2699 50 -47 222 67% 2577

5 Junior 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 2679 61 -59 140 59% 2615

6 Deep Fritz 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2654 27 -26 731 63% 2560

7 Gandalf 4.32h 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2653 68 -63 119 61% 2574

8 Gambit Tiger 2.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2640 30 -29 592 66% 2521

9 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2632 32 -30 537 66% 2518

10 Junior 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2624 45 -42 271 65% 2518

11 Fritz 6.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2623 23 -23 968 64% 2521

12 Shredder 5.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2601 24 -23 928 63% 2509

13 Shredder 5.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2600 36 -34 409 61% 2517

14 Junior 6.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2596 20 -19 1305 61% 2514

15 Chess Tiger 12.0 DOS 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2582 24 -24 857 58% 2525

16 Shredder 4.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2566 23 -23 944 59% 2505

17 Fritz 5.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2552 25 -25 804 58% 2497

18 Nimzo 7.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2551 23 -23 937 57% 2498

19 Nimzo 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2549 26 -26 715 54% 2521

20 Junior 5.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2536 24 -24 835 56% 2491

21 Gandalf 4.32f 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2532 28 -28 627 51% 2525

22 Hiarcs 7.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2522 25 -24 809 52% 2506
22 Hiarcs 7.01 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2522 34 -34 419 46% 2550

24 SOS 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2519 21 -21 1130 50% 2519

24 Rebel Century 3.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2519 30 -30 546 49% 2525

26 Chessmaster 8000 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2516 44 -45 251 45% 2549

27 Gandalf 4.32h 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2511 41 -41 286 52% 2496

28 Goliath Light 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2502 27 -27 668 44% 2545

29 Nimzo 99 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2490 24 -24 867 48% 2504

30 Crafty 17.07/CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2488 24 -24 857 47% 2506

31 Fritz 5.32 64MB P200 MMX 2478 17 -17 1679 50% 2476

32 Genius 6.5 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2475 29 -29 565 48% 2488

33 Chessmaster 6000 64MB P200 MMX 2474 61 -53 184 76% 2278

33 MChess Pro 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2474 28 -28 629 42% 2532

35 Hiarcs 7.32 64MB P200 MMX 2469 22 -22 1042 53% 2448

36 Nimzo 99 64MB P200 MMX 2447 23 -23 885 51% 2440

37 Junior 5.0 64MB P200 MMX 2432 18 -19 1429 45% 2469

38 Rebel 9.0 47MB P200 MMX 2421 24 -23 900 61% 2342

39 Shredder 3.0 64MB P200 MMX 2417 20 -20 1190 49% 2424

40 Zarkov 5.0 64MB P200 MMX 2409 25 -26 749 42% 2469

41 Shredder 2.0 58MB P200 MMX 2402 19 -19 1314 44% 2441

42 Genius 5.0 DOS 46MB P200 MMX 2391 20 -20 1197 49% 2395

42 MChess Pro 8.0 64MB P200 MMX 2391 27 -27 681 53% 2367

44 Gandalf 3.0 64MB P200 MMX 2365 41 -40 307 59% 2297

45 WChess2000 64MB P200 MMX 2355 31 -32 522 36% 2457

46 R30 v. 2.5 2274 41 -38 343 69% 2135

47 Meph Genius 68 030 33 MHz 2198 45 -44 248 55% 2161

 48 Berlin Pro 68 020 24 MHz 2125 24 -24 850 58% 2071

49 Atlanta SH7000 20 MHz 2090 29 -28 647 69% 1949

50 Sapphire II 2012 35 -33 444 63% 1916

1 Deep Fritz 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz, 2726

GT2.0 A1200 21.5-18.5 CT14.0 A1200 20-20 Junior6 K6450 30-12

Nimzo 8 K6450 29.5-10.5 Nimzo98 P200X 17-3

2 Gambit Tiger 2.0 256MB Athlon 1200, 2720

DpFritz A1200 18.5-21.5 CT14.0 A1200 21-19 Shre532 A1200 20.5-19.5

Junior7 A1200 24.5-16.5 Fritz532 P200 37-7

3 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200, 2703

DpFritz A1200 20-20 GT2.0 A1200 19-21 Nimzo 8 K6450 32.5-15.5

Hiar732 K6450 37.5-12.5 SOS K6-2 450 30-10 Nimzo98 P200X 11-1

4 Shredder 5.32 256MB Athlon 1200, 2699

GT2.0 A1200 19.5-20.5 CT14 CB K6450 27.5-12.5 Ch.Ti12 K6450 23.5-18.5

Junior5 K6450 28.5-11.5 Nimzo99 K6450 32-8 Nimzo98 P200X 17-3

5 Junior 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200, 2679

GT2.0 A1200 16.5-24.5 Gan432h A1200 21-11 Ch.Ti12 K6450 25-17

Junior5 K6450 3-2 Nimzo98 P200X 17-3

7 Gandalf 4.32h 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz, 2653

Junior7 A1200 11-21 Shre532 K6450 5-2 Ch.Ti12 K6450 24-16

Fritz532 P200 32.5-7.5

10 Junior 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz, 2624

DpFritz K6450 21.5-20.5 GambTig K6450 19-21 Goliath K6450 23.5-16.5

Fritz532 P200 28.5-13.5 MCP8 K6-2 450 30.5-9.5 Junior5 P200X 17.5-7.5

Shre3 P200MMX 34.5-7.5

13 Shredder 5.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz, 2600

DpFritz K6450 15.5-26.5 Gan432h A1200 2-5 GambTig K6450 17-23

Junior6 K6450 25.5-30.5 Nimzo 8 K6450 17.5-17.5 Nimzo99 K6450 1-0

Fritz532 P200 26-14 Hiar732 P200X 31.5-12.5 Junior5 P200X 34-8

Nimzo98 P200X 31.5-8.5 Shre3 P200MMX 33-9 Shred 2 P200X 17-3

27 Gandalf 4.32h 128MB K6-2 450 MHz, 2511

GambTig K6450 12-28 Nimzo 8 K6450 17-25 SOS K6-2 450 20.5-19.5

Fritz532 P200 20.5-19.5 MCP8 K6-2 450 14-9 Junior5 P200X 22.5-16.5

Shre3 P200MMX 28.5-13.5 Shred 2 P200X 14-6

Until 1998 the SSDF rating list came out rather

regularly, about every 6-7 weeks. During the recent

years the time interval has increased to ten weeks

in average. The present list now appears more than

16 weeks after the former one... Where will this end?

Although it might seem so, we have no intention to

cancel the publication of the SSDF rating list! The

reason for the present delay is our ongoing shift of

hardware. We wanted to include six of the strongest

programs on the faster hardware on the first occasion.

And this takes time, especially since our capacity is

split between faster and slower hardware.

Since June 11, we have played 2143 new tournament games.

What conclusions can be drawn from these games? The strength

of the new programs doesn't differ much from their pre-

decessors, unfortunately. But new hardware continues to

give significant increases in their SSDF ratings! It

could be that some programs earn clearly more than others

on faster hardware. And Deep Fritz is still on the top of

the list!

Let's first look at the new programs on K6-2 450. Junior 7.0

K6-2 450 MHz has a rating of 2624 after 271 games, which is

28 points more than Junior 6.0 has. More games will show if

this is a significant increase or not. We have played 409

games with Shredder 5.32 K6-2, and it's present rating is

2600. As can be seen it has practically speaking the same

rating as Shredder 5.0, only one point differs. The result

for Gandalf 4.32h K6-2 450 MHz is 21 points less than what

the predecessor 4.32f has.

Among the older programs on K6-2 450 MHz, there are some

changes worth mentioning. Chessmaster 8000 has received

14 more points, Gambit Tiger 2.0 has gone down 10 points

and Nimzo 8.0 K6-2 is seven points up.

Athlon 1200 MHz with 256MB RAM is the new hardware level

on the SSDF rating list. The average rating increase is

so far 84 points! Junior 7.0 has earned the least, with only

55 points. Shredder 5.32 is 99 points up and Gandalf 4.32h

has 142 points more!! OK, we have only played 119 games

with Steen Suurballes program, so much could change with

more games. But since the speed gain for Gandalf 4.32h is

larger than for other programs, it might well be that the

trend is true.

The main difference between Athlon 1200 and K6-2 450 comes

from the above mentioned. On Athlon Shredder 5.32 is higher

placed than Junior 7.0, and Gandalf 4.32h is much closer to

the top of the list. Deep Fritz is leading on both lists,

closely followed by the two Tiger-versions.

Next list will probably appear in November. Hopefully

Fritz 7.0 will be included on that list.

Thoralf Karlsson