Internet engine matches

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

It is better to play matches on just 1 computer without pondering, even if you only use half the number of available cores per engine. Windows 11 slows down incredibly with disk I/O; if one of the engines starts loading its endgame databases during pondering, the other engine suffers tremendously from it.

It can also happen that both engines try to load their databases at the same time, which is not exactly ideal either. With 6P databases you won't suffer from this as much, but with 7P and 8P databases it can have a major impact.

As a 'specialist' in this field, you should know that.

Thank you for the information you’ve provided.

[Joost Buijs]

Hi Joost,

Great, all draws. Ares done well. I plan to run a tournament these day and i will be glad to include this latest version.
Congratulations.

Friendly, Sidiki

Hi Sidiki,

I don't think it is very useful to send new versions each time, the difference in strength is so small that you won't notice it in a tournament anyway. The problem with Draughts is that games between strong programs on modern hardware will always end in a draw. Without changing the rules of the game these tournaments don't seem very useful anymore.

I will send you Ares version 2.0 when it's ready.

Joost

[Sidiki]

Hi Joost,
It's true, i think that with the player or programme with most pawn at the end of the game must/could be the winner.
Or if someone create another search and eval.

I will be glad to test and a tournament with this version.

Friendly, Sidiki