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Gnu 0.14 vs. Jellyfish

From:   Michael Howard
Address:   mike@howard666.freeserve.co.uk
Date:   8 July 2003
Subject:   Re: Dueller & GNU 1.4) You are wasting yout time
Forum:   rec.games.backgammon
Google:   beeij2$vug$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk

amni writes:
> Below I give my detailed suggestion for comparing strength JELLYFISH
> versus GNUBG.
>
> I. Settings for Jelly Fish :
>   1) Version Jelly Fish 3.5.
>   2) Level 7, 1000 units.
>   3) Enable bearof data base.
>   4) cube enabled, beaver enabled, Jacoby rule enabled.
>   5) No caution enabled.
>   6) Disable completely the animation.
> II. Settings For GNU BG:
>   1) Version 0.13 or later.
>      Use a clean version (not a version upgraded from an old version).
>   2) Checker play "supremo".
>   3) Cube decisions "world class".
>   4) cube enabled, beaver enabled to repeat 3 times, Jacoby rule enabled.
>   5) Options - display: move delay 0 (zero).
>   6) Options - display : Animation "none".
>   7) Options - sound: disabled sounds effect.
>
> III. What to do ?:
>   1) Write in a short ".txt" file some basic data about the test:
>      the settings of JellyFish and GNU, the exact verions of JellyFish
>      and GNU which are tested (eg, the build date of GNUBG), the number
>      of the games.
>   2) Run 5000 games in several sessions.
>   3) Each session at most 1000 games.
>   4) Each session saved in GNUBG ".sgf" format.
>   5) Each saved ".sgf" file packed as ZIP file.
>   6) Upload the above mentioned files to a WEB SITE from which
>      anybody can download the next several months. All these ZIP
>      files will take approximately 1 Megabyte.


Dueller is now working fine with JF 3.5 Analyzer and GNU 0.14.  Duel will
commence soon and I will keep you posted periodically.  Has to pointed out
that whilst JF moves virtually instantaneously on lvl 7 - 1000, GNU takes
several seconds on Supremo which probably means the results would be
different if they both had the same (shorter) time per move.
Rgds and thanks to all for help and advice.

Michael Howard  writes:

The half way point has been passed.  After 2,500 money games gnubg is
winning and is ahead at the rate of 0.07 pts per game.  I personally am
already persuaded that gnu is a stronger player 8-).
GNU has never yet been trailing and has won over 60% of the individual
sessions (of mostly 99 games each).
I've seen many occasions of what superficially look like dangerous/bizarre
checker play by JellyFish, but I am still mainly concerned about dodgy cube
handling which is far more costly.  I hope at the end of all this somebody
might be able to analyse the kind of positions that the Fish gets badly
wrong.  This would be of far more use than playing with the 'numbers' to
verify what most of us already know about which is the better player.

Michael Howard  writes:

Well, it's over.  Guess what.  Yep- GNUBG won by a very healthy margin.

After 5,000 money games GNU won by an average of  0.12pts per game.

There are 52 files (sessions) in all totalling 6.3Mb.  I will shortly zip
them into convenient packages and place on a website.  I will post again
when it is available for download.
 
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