Luring Monkeys with Bananas

[Tony Thomas]

I did an experiment during my tournaments yesterday. I was playing with Alfil, as you all know the logo of alfil is that of a monkey. So I sat down in front of the monitor and said "if you win the game, I will give you this banana". Ofcourse the monkey forgets that I offered the banana after every restart. Every time I offered the banana Alfil managed to win. Anyway, some interesting results of Alfil here. I was intrigued by the results from Patrick Buchanan to test the new beta version of Alfil. I had not tested the last two versions, 7.3 and 7.6 for some unknown reasons. I do not know if those versions made any leap in strength, but from 6.9 to 8x, Alfil is showing an improvement of about 158 points. Give or take the error margin of +66 or -64, thats an overall improvement within the range of 94-224 points. Alfil manages to get the first place in 3rd division, so it promotes to my 2nd division, the results will be available within a week or so.

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11/12/2007 11:41:52 AM :

    Program                          Elo    +   -   Games   Score   Av.Op.  Draws

  1 Alfil8.04SIMD                  : 2582   66  64   108    77.3 %   2369   23.1 %
  2 Typhoon 1.00 rev 281           : 2481   49  48   181    67.7 %   2353   17.1 %
  3 Hermann 2.0                    : 2479   67  65   108    64.8 %   2373    9.3 %
  4 Twisted Logic 0.65e35          : 2473   49  48   181    66.6 %   2353   16.0 %
  5 Danasah 2.85                   : 2455   52  51   136    62.9 %   2364   25.7 %
  6 Bruja_19                       : 2446   48  47   184    63.3 %   2351   16.8 %
  7 RomiSuperBeyotch1              : 2443   58  57   124    62.5 %   2354   16.9 %
  8 Gaia 3.5                       : 2432   49  48   181    61.0 %   2354   13.8 %
  9 RomichessP3jBeta1              : 2427   53  53   145    61.7 %   2344   17.2 %
 10 Alfil 6.9                      : 2424   49  48   173    59.8 %   2355   15.6 %
 11 Ayito 0.2.994                  : 2417   48  48   183    59.3 %   2352   12.6 %
 12 Delphil 1.6c                   : 2417   46  46   183    59.3 %   2352   19.1 %
 13 Arion 1.7                      : 2417   44  44   184    59.2 %   2352   26.1 %

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1 Alfil8.04SIMD             : 2582  108 (+ 71,= 25,- 12), 77.3 %

AICE 0.99.2                   :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Anechka 0.08                  :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Ant 2006F                     :   4 (+  4,=  0,-  0), 100.0 %
Ayito 0.2.994                 :   4 (+  2,=  2,-  0), 75.0 %
Arion 1.7                     :   4 (+  2,=  1,-  1), 62.5 %
Bruja_19                      :   4 (+  1,=  1,-  2), 37.5 %
Delphil 1.6c                  :   4 (+  1,=  1,-  2), 37.5 %
Diablo_04_dc.ex               :   4 (+  2,=  2,-  0), 75.0 %
Djinn 0.925x                  :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Eeyore 1.48                   :   4 (+  3,=  0,-  1), 75.0 %
EXchess 5.01                  :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Gaia 3.5                      :   4 (+  4,=  0,-  0), 100.0 %
Horizon 4.3                   :   4 (+  3,=  0,-  1), 75.0 %
Knightx192                    :   4 (+  3,=  0,-  1), 75.0 %
Latista 1.5                   :   4 (+  3,=  0,-  1), 75.0 %
Muse0899b                     :   4 (+  1,=  3,-  0), 62.5 %
Resp_0_1_9                    :   4 (+  2,=  0,-  2), 50.0 %
Scidlet 3.6                   :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
ThorsHammer 2.28              :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Tornado 1.0 mainz             :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Twisted Logic 0.65e35         :   4 (+  2,=  1,-  1), 62.5 %
Typhoon 1.00 rev 281          :   4 (+  4,=  0,-  0), 100.0 %
Tytan 8.84                    :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Xpdnt_060829                  :   4 (+  2,=  2,-  0), 75.0 %
Alfil 6.9                     :   4 (+  2,=  2,-  0), 75.0 %
Danasah 2.85                  :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Hermann 2.0                   :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %

[geots]

I did an experiment during my tournaments yesterday. I was playing with Alfil, as you all know the logo of alfil is that of a monkey. So I sat down in front of the monitor and said "if you win the game, I will give you this banana". Ofcourse the monkey forgets that I offered the banana after every restart. Every time I offered the banana Alfil managed to win. Anyway, some interesting results of Alfil here. I was intrigued by the results from Patrick Buchanan to test the new beta version of Alfil. I had not tested the last two versions, 7.3 and 7.6 for some unknown reasons. I do not know if those versions made any leap in strength, but from 6.9 to 8x, Alfil is showing an improvement of about 158 points. Give or take the error margin of +66 or -64, thats an overall improvement within the range of 94-224 points. Alfil manages to get the first place in 3rd division, so it promotes to my 2nd division, the results will be available within a week or so.

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11/12/2007 11:41:52 AM :

    Program                          Elo    +   -   Games   Score   Av.Op.  Draws

  1 Alfil8.04SIMD                  : 2582   66  64   108    77.3 %   2369   23.1 %
  2 Typhoon 1.00 rev 281           : 2481   49  48   181    67.7 %   2353   17.1 %
  3 Hermann 2.0                    : 2479   67  65   108    64.8 %   2373    9.3 %
  4 Twisted Logic 0.65e35          : 2473   49  48   181    66.6 %   2353   16.0 %
  5 Danasah 2.85                   : 2455   52  51   136    62.9 %   2364   25.7 %
  6 Bruja_19                       : 2446   48  47   184    63.3 %   2351   16.8 %
  7 RomiSuperBeyotch1              : 2443   58  57   124    62.5 %   2354   16.9 %
  8 Gaia 3.5                       : 2432   49  48   181    61.0 %   2354   13.8 %
  9 RomichessP3jBeta1              : 2427   53  53   145    61.7 %   2344   17.2 %
 10 Alfil 6.9                      : 2424   49  48   173    59.8 %   2355   15.6 %
 11 Ayito 0.2.994                  : 2417   48  48   183    59.3 %   2352   12.6 %
 12 Delphil 1.6c                   : 2417   46  46   183    59.3 %   2352   19.1 %
 13 Arion 1.7                      : 2417   44  44   184    59.2 %   2352   26.1 %

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1 Alfil8.04SIMD             : 2582  108 (+ 71,= 25,- 12), 77.3 %

AICE 0.99.2                   :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Anechka 0.08                  :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Ant 2006F                     :   4 (+  4,=  0,-  0), 100.0 %
Ayito 0.2.994                 :   4 (+  2,=  2,-  0), 75.0 %
Arion 1.7                     :   4 (+  2,=  1,-  1), 62.5 %
Bruja_19                      :   4 (+  1,=  1,-  2), 37.5 %
Delphil 1.6c                  :   4 (+  1,=  1,-  2), 37.5 %
Diablo_04_dc.ex               :   4 (+  2,=  2,-  0), 75.0 %
Djinn 0.925x                  :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Eeyore 1.48                   :   4 (+  3,=  0,-  1), 75.0 %
EXchess 5.01                  :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Gaia 3.5                      :   4 (+  4,=  0,-  0), 100.0 %
Horizon 4.3                   :   4 (+  3,=  0,-  1), 75.0 %
Knightx192                    :   4 (+  3,=  0,-  1), 75.0 %
Latista 1.5                   :   4 (+  3,=  0,-  1), 75.0 %
Muse0899b                     :   4 (+  1,=  3,-  0), 62.5 %
Resp_0_1_9                    :   4 (+  2,=  0,-  2), 50.0 %
Scidlet 3.6                   :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
ThorsHammer 2.28              :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Tornado 1.0 mainz             :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Twisted Logic 0.65e35         :   4 (+  2,=  1,-  1), 62.5 %
Typhoon 1.00 rev 281          :   4 (+  4,=  0,-  0), 100.0 %
Tytan 8.84                    :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Xpdnt_060829                  :   4 (+  2,=  2,-  0), 75.0 %
Alfil 6.9                     :   4 (+  2,=  2,-  0), 75.0 %
Danasah 2.85                  :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %
Hermann 2.0                   :   4 (+  3,=  1,-  0), 87.5 %

I saw a similar thing each time i offered Fritz 10 a plate of "fish"

[Michael Sherwin]

I saw a similar thing each time i offered Fritz 10 a plate of "fish"

That is absolutly amazing! I thought that I was crazy when I also found out that I could validate this phenomenon. RomiChess started winning each time I fed her a plate of, Goat!

[geots]

I saw a similar thing each time i offered Fritz 10 a plate of "fish"

That is absolutly amazing! I thought that I was crazy when I also found out that I could validate this phenomenon. RomiChess started winning each time I fed her a plate of, Goat!

Whatever works!

[Tony Thomas]

I saw a similar thing each time i offered Fritz 10 a plate of "fish"

That is absolutly amazing! I thought that I was crazy when I also found out that I could validate this phenomenon. RomiChess started winning each time I fed her a plate of, Goat!

I hate you, no wonder why Romi no longer works so good for me. Romi must have figured out that I am a goat lover.

[Tony Thomas]

I saw a similar thing each time i offered Fritz 10 a plate of "fish"

Did you mean to say that each time you offered Fritz 10 a plate of fish, it got its tail whopped?

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Alfil means "The Elephant" in arabic....

[Tony Thomas]

I think Alfil means bishop in English, the Arabic meaning of Elephant would be similar as in some countries a Bishop is called an Elephant, a rook is called a Chariot, a knight is called a horse etc...

[pedrox]

Dr.Wael Deeb is right.

The Spanish language has many words that come from Arabic, they usually begin with the words "al", for example almohada (pillow), alcohol, algebra, algoritmo (algorithm), almacen (storage), alfiler (pin).

Alfil means "the Elephant" in arabic.

But chess players spanish do not identify the piece "álfil" with nothing, not identified with the elephants, or with fou french, or the bishop english, for us it is simply a piece of chess.

Pedro

[Tony Thomas]

Dr.Wael Deeb is right.

The Spanish language has many words that come from Arabic, they usually begin with the words "al", for example almohada (pillow), alcohol, algebra, algoritmo (algorithm), almacen (storage), alfiler (pin).

Alfil means "the Elephant" in arabic.

But chess players spanish do not identify the piece "álfil" with nothing, not identified with the elephants, or with fou french, or the bishop english, for us it is simply a piece of chess.

Pedro

I wasnt disputing anything he said, I was trying to add something of my own.