Re: Snowie and GNUBG

[Timothy Y. Chow]

Joseph Heled wrote:

> My recollection is that GNUBG was much stronger than Snowie even 15 
> years ago. And 2020 GNUBG is stronger than 2005 GNUBG.
>
> Am I missing something?

According to Frank Berger, Torsten Schoop conducted a "Big Bot Shootout" 
back in 2006.

http://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=7784

GNU came out slightly ahead but arguably not enough to be statistically 
significant.

Backgammon Galore records some earlier results, also inconclusive.

https://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+1040
https://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+1086

Michael Depreli also did a bot comparison back in 2012, but this wasn't a 
head-to-head duel; rather, it was an error-rate comparison.  I am not sure 
which version of GNU was used.

http://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=114355

Tim