Shredder tops the computer rankings

by ChessBase
2/14/2003 – When was the last time Fritz did not occupy the first place in the computer chess ranking lists? In the latest SSDF (Chess Computer Association) ranking list, based on over 90,000 games played by 251 computers, it is Shredder 7.0 that is in the lead, eight points ahead of Deep Fritz 7.0 (Fritz 8.0 has not been tested yet). Here is the list of the top 50 programs.

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THE SSDF RATING LIST

Here is the complete rating list for the top fifty programs. Note that most of the top programs, like Fritz, Shredder, Chess Tiger, Junior and Hiarcs, are distributed by ChessBase and can be purchased in our Online Shop. Testing has not ended our latest additions, Fritz 8 and Shredder 7. The SSDF

     THE SSDF RATING LIST 2003-02-13   90961 games played by  251 computers
Rating + - Games Won Oppo
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1 Shredder 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2768 33 -31 547 72% 2606
2 Deep Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2760 29 -28 654 70% 2612
3 Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2740 30 -29 574 64% 2635
4 Chess Tiger 15.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2726 27 -26 704 64% 2623
4 Shredder 6.0 Pad UCI 256MB Athlon 1200 2726 24 -23 911 64% 2628
6 Shredder 6.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2719 31 -30 547 62% 2630
7 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200 2714 30 -30 557 61% 2635
8 Deep Fritz 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2710 31 -30 531 62% 2627
8 Gambit Tiger 2.0 256MB Athlon 1200 2710 29 -29 583 58% 2651
10 Shredder 7.0 UCI 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2697 64 -59 140 65% 2585
11 Junior 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2687 28 -28 633 57% 2638
12 Hiarcs 8.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2682 25 -25 784 55% 2643
13 Rebel Century 4.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2674 29 -29 590 60% 2603
14 Ruffian 1.0.1 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2671 38 -36 363 59% 2608
15 Chess Tiger 15.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2668 41 -40 301 58% 2609
16 Shredder 5.32 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2658 27 -27 688 52% 2647
17 Gandalf 4.32h 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2652 34 -33 436 54% 2623
18 Deep Fritz 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2651 47 -47 222 54% 2624
19 Deep Fritz 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2647 22 -21 1071 58% 2587
20 Gandalf 5.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2639 49 -50 202 46% 2671
21 Gambit Tiger 2.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2638 28 -27 674 64% 2536
22 Gandalf 5.1 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2636 25 -25 758 55% 2603
22 Junior 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2636 23 -22 965 61% 2556
24 Fritz 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2629 38 -37 348 53% 2607
25 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2628 26 -25 753 59% 2565
26 Gromit 3.11.9 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2616 48 -50 206 42% 2670
27 Shredder 6.0 UCI 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2615 43 -43 264 52% 2604
28 Crafty 18.12/CB 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2612 27 -27 647 52% 2601
29 Shredder 5.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2605 27 -27 683 56% 2562
30 Shredder 5.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2587 20 -20 1217 55% 2551
31 Hiarcs 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2585 33 -34 440 42% 2645
32 Rebel Century 4.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2567 52 -53 178 46% 2593
33 Nimzo 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2552 22 -22 1028 49% 2559
34 Gandalf 5.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2534 73 -68 102 60% 2461
35 Gandalf 4.32h 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2520 34 -34 418 52% 2505
36 SOS 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2518 18 -18 1558 43% 2566
36 Rebel Century 3.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2518 30 -30 546 49% 2524
38 Chessmaster 8000 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2515 44 -45 251 45% 2548
38 Goliath Light 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2515 21 -22 1062 39% 2597
40 Crafty 17.07/CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2492 22 -23 968 45% 2528
41 MChess Pro 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2478 25 -26 753 40% 2549
42 Crafty 18.12/CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2475 32 -34 471 36% 2578
42 Genius 6.5 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2475 29 -29 565 48% 2488
44 R30 v. 2.5 2274 41 -38 343 69% 2136
45 Mephisto London 68 030 36 MHz 2216 71 -63 122 68% 2080
46 Meph Genius 68 030 33 MHz 2195 43 -42 267 55% 2157
47 Chess Tiger 14.9 Palm m515 16MB 42MHz 2101 69 -74 100 39% 2180
48 Atlanta SH7000 20 MHz 2087 29 -27 667 68% 1956
49 Sapphire II 2009 34 -32 464 63% 1918
50 Chess Genius 1.5 Palm m515 16MB 42MHz 1870 69 -78 100 32% 2002

Individual scores

1 Shredder 7.0  256MB Athlon 1200 MHz, 2768 vs
DpFrit7 A1200 15.5-24.5 CT 15.0 A1200 25-15 Shredd6 A1200 22.5-19.5
Ruffian A1200 3.5-0.5 Shre532 A1200 22-7 Junior7 K6450 24-16
Shre532 K6450 33-11 Junior6 K6450 22.5-5.5 Hiarcs 8 K6-2 33.5-10.5
Frit532 K6450 34-8 Nimz732 K6450 32-8 Junior5 K6450 34.5-7.5
Hiar732 K6450 34-8 Goliath K6450 30-10 Craf17.07 K62 26-4

10 Shredder 7.0 UCI 128MB K6-2 450 MHz, 2697 vs
Hiarcs8 A1200 1-5 Gan432h A1200 2.5-3.5 GambTig K6450 25.5-14.5
Gromit3 A1200 28-16 Fritz532 P200 34.5-9.5
Thoralf Karlsson reports:

Shredder 7.0 Athlon 1200 MHz is the new leader of the SSDF Rating List! After 547 tournament games it has a rating of 2768! That's eight points above the rating of Deep Fritz 7.0. Compared to it's predecessor Shredder 6.0 Paderborn, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Sandro Necchi have managed to increase the rating with 42 points!

After 140 games with Shredder 7.0 UCI K6-2 450 MHz, the rating is 2697, giving it a clear first place on this hardware! That's 82 points above Shredder 6.0 UCI K6-2! (The Paderborn version isn't tested on K6-2.)

Many years ago we started to play with the chess computer Mephisto London 68 030 36 MHz, but we didn't reach the necessary one hundred games. Now more games have been played, and this program written by Richard Lang has a rating of 2216.

Another program from Richard Lang is Chess Genius 1.5 for the handheld computer Palm. One hundred manual games has now been played on Palm m515 42MHz with 16MB RAM. It's rating is 1870, which can be compared with Chess Tiger 14.9 on the same hardware, with 2101.

Next rating list will appear in March or April.

The full list is available at the SSDF site

 

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