Arasan 10.3 blitz mix

[Mike S.]

4m+2s, AthlonXP@1500 MHz
128 MB hash, 16 MB tbs. cache
Windows 98 SE, Arena 1.1
4 short opening variations (no books)
3-, 4- and R vs. R 5-piece tablebases
(Bright with 3/4-piece bitbases)

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Arasan 10.3 2515(*) - Rybka 2.3.2a       3000   1.5 - 6.5    +1/-6/=1    18.75%
Arasan 10.3    2515 - Fruit 51103        2850   0.0 - 8.0    +0/-8/=0    0.00%
Arasan 10.3    2515 - Bright 0.3a        2800   1.0 - 7.0    +0/-6/=2    12.50%
Arasan 10.3    2515 - Spike 1.2 Turin    2810   1.5 - 6.5    +1/-6/=1    18.75%
Arasan 10.3    2515 - Ruffian 1.0.5      2660   1.5 - 6.5    +1/-6/=1    18.75%
Arasan 10.3    2515 - Yace 0.99.87       2570   3.0 - 5.0    +3/-5/=0    37.50%

*) = performance in this test only

Arasan 10.3 scored a brilliant win against Rybka 2.3.2a:

[Event "Arasan103-Test"]
[Site "AthlonXP@1500"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arasan 10.3"]
[Black "Rybka 2.3.2a"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "3000"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.05.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

{4VarOpen.PGN 2/4} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {-0.30/12 14} 5.
Bb5+ {+0.25/11 12} Nd7 {-0.24/13 12} 6. Nf5 {+0.56/11 11} a6 {-0.30/12 7} 7.
Ba4 {+0.62/12 10} b5 {-0.19/12 3} 8. Bb3 {+0.56/12 10} Nc5 {-0.21/11 5} 9. Bd5
{+0.68/12 10} Bxf5 {-0.16/11 3} 10. exf5 {+0.56/11 3} Rc8 {-0.28/11 2} 11. b4 {
+0.31/10 9} Nd7 {-0.23/11 4} 12. a4 {+0.50/10 9} bxa4 {-0.29/11 10} 13. Rxa4 {
+0.68/10 2} Nb6 {-0.33/11 2} 14. Rxa6 {+1.12/12 8} Nxd5 {-0.37/11 2} 15. Qxd5 {
+1.12/11 2} Rxc2 {-0.45/11 2} 16. O-O {+1.00/10 8} Nf6 {-0.67/13 20} 17. Qb5+ {
+1.31/12 8} Qd7 {-0.65/13 5} 18. Ra8+ {+1.37/12 7} Ke7 {-0.58/12} 19. Qa5 {
+1.68/11 7} Qxf5 {-0.54/10 1} 20. Qd8+ {+1.87/11 7} Ke6 {-0.49/9} 21. Na3 {
+2.37/11 6} Rc6 {-1.27/11 9} 22. b5 {+3.65/11 6} Rc3 {-2.95/11 11} 23. b6 {
+3.87/10 6} Qe4 {-3.23/11 5} 24. Ra7 {+5.00/10 6} Kf5 {-3.39/11 4} 25. b7 {
+6.06/11 5} Rb3 {-3.31/11 1} 26. b8=Q {+5.68/11 5} Rxb8 {-3.66/11 2} 27. Qxb8 {
+6.06/10 1} Kg6 {-3.75/12 6} 28. Qb3 {+6.51/10 5} d5 {-4.21/11 1} 29. Qb7 {
+6.68/10 4} Bc5 {-4.82/9 2} 30. Qxf7+ {+7.18/11 4} Kf5 {-4.44/8} 31. Ra6 {
+7.31/10 4} Rf8 {-5.69/11 6} 32. Qxg7 {+7.62/10 4} Qg4 {-6.49/12 10} 33. Qc7 {
+8.00/10 4} Qb4 {-6.68/11 8 1-0 Arena Entscheidung} 1-0

The position after 26.b8Q:

[d]1Q1Q1b1r/R4ppp/3p1n2/4pk2/4q3/Nr6/5PPP/2B2RK1 b - - 0 26

I consider Arasan being one of the approved, established quality engines, disregarding that the total results are currently not yet in the top range.