From: broglia@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (marco broglia)
Subject: Bratko-Kopec Test
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:51:50 GMT


I'm collecting results from Bratko-Kopec Test: the following table is
from "The Bratko-Kopec Test Revisited", T. Anthony Marsland, ICCA, March
1990:

Pos         Subject          Rating   Tactl   Lever   Total
---   --------------------   ------   -----   -----   -----
 1    Cray Blitz                      12.00    8.00   20.00
 2    Belle                           11.00    7.25   18.25
 3    AI Chess                        12.00    6.00   18.00
      Mephisto                        11.00    7.00   18.00
      Rebel                           11.00    7.00   18.00
 6    Bebe                            11.00    6.00   17.00
      Deep Thought                    11.00    6.00   17.00
      Lachex                          11.00    6.00   17.00
      Modul                           12.00    5.00   17.00
      Phoenix                         11.00    6.00   17.00
11    Duchess                         10.50    6.00   16.50
12    Awit '83                         9.00    7.00   16.00
      Hitech                          11.00    5.00   16.00
      Merlin                          10.00    6.00   16.00
15    Dappet                           8.00    7.00   15.00
      Mach 4                          11.00    4.00   15.00
      Waycool                         10.00    5.00   15.00
      Zarkov                           9.00    6.00   15.00
19    Bcp                             10.00    3.00   13.00
      Pandix                           7.00    6.00   13.00
21    BP                               9.00    3.00   12.00
      Y!89                             9.00    3.00   12.00
23    Centaur                          9.00    2.00   11.00
24    Much                             8.00    2.00   10.00
      Shess                            5.00    5.00   10.00
26    Morphy Encore                    6.00    3.33    9.33
27    Chess Champion MK V              5.00    1.83    6.83
28    Chaos                            5.00    1.00    6.00
      Ostrich 81                       4.00    2.00    6.00
30    Awit                             4.00    1.00    5.00
      Chess Challenger 7               2.00    3.00    5.00
      Sargon 2.5                       2.00    3.00    5.00
      Sensory Chess Chall              3.00    2.00    5.00
34    Chess Challenger 10              1.00    0.00    1.00

I would test other chess programs (some of them downloaded from
valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu:pub/chess/DOS) but I've no chance to find the
original article of Bratko and Kopec, so I have an important and
basic question: "How is the time system ?"

I've thought to run each progs at level infinite for 2 minutes and take
the best move until that moment, but I'm not sure of it.

Can anyone help me ? Is there the possibility to choose the second best
move, third, ... and to assign values for them ?

I prefer if someone give me the original time scheme, so that the
comparison between old results and new results are more significant.

Thanks.

Marco.

P.S. Please send me mail to broglia@mars.usr.dsi.unimi.it if possible
     (not ghost.dsi.unimi.it).

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