The first chess program to break 2800!

by ChessBase
7/8/2003 – For the first time a chess program has crossed the 2800 mark on the computer rating lists. This on the basis of over 90,000 games played by 254 computers. A bit worrying for Fritz, which has been duelling Shredder for first place for some time now. But it's a family tussle, since both programs are distributed by ChessBase. Here is the latest SSDF computer rating list.

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THE SSDF RATING LIST

Based on 92,970 games played on 254 computers.

Here is the complete rating list for the top fifty programs. Note that most of the leading programs, like Shredder, Fritz, Chess Tiger, Junior and Hiarcs, are distributed by ChessBase and can be purchased in our Online Shop.

  Rating  + -
Games
Won Av.opp
 1    Shredder 7.04 UCI 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2810 37 -34
465
76% 2607
 2 Shredder 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2770 27 -25
801
70% 2622
 3 Fritz 8.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2762 26 -25
821
68% 2627
 4 Deep Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2761 28 -27
694
69% 2622
 5 Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2742 30 -29
574
64% 2637
 6 Shredder 6.0 Pad UCI 256MB Athlon 1200 2724 23 -22
991
63% 2634
 7 Shredder 6.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2721 31 -30
547
62% 2632
 8 Chess Tiger 15.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2720 26 -25
784
61% 2641
 9 Shredder 7.0 UCI 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2717 46 -43
258
63% 2624
 9 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200 2717 30 -30
557
61% 2638
11 Deep Fritz 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2715 30 -29
571
61% 2639
12 Gambit Tiger 2.0 256MB Athlon 1200 2712 29 -29
583
58% 2653
13 Junior 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2697 25 -25
761
55% 2663
14 Hiarcs 8.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2682 23 -23
952
53% 2659
15 Rebel Century 4.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2675 29 -29
590
60% 2604
16 Ruffian 1.0.1 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2672 31 -31
510
54% 2642
17 Chess Tiger 15.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2668 36 -35
391
54% 2641
18 Shredder 5.32 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2659 26 -26
699
51% 2651
18 Gandalf 4.32h 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2659 31 -31
514
53% 2635
20 Deep Fritz 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2654 40 -40
306
54% 2626
21 Gandalf 5.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2642 49 -50
202
46% 2673
22 Gambit Tiger 2.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2641 28 -27
674
64% 2539
23 Gandalf 5.1 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2638 25 -25
758
55% 2604
23 Junior 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2638 23 -22
965
61% 2558
25 Fritz 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2632 38 -37
348
53% 2609
26 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2630 26 -25
768
58% 2571
27 Shredder 6.0 UCI 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2617 43 -43
264
52% 2607
28 Crafty 18.12/CB 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2614 27 -27
647
52% 2603
29 Gromit 3.11.9 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2611 44 -46
246
43% 2664
30 Shredder 5.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2606 25 -25
759
54% 2580
31 Yace Paderborn 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2605 35 -35
389
48% 2619
32 Hiarcs 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2586 33 -34
440
42% 2646
33 Rebel Century 4.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2569 52 -53
178
46% 2595
34 Nimzo 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2554 22 -22
1028
49% 2561
35 Gandalf 5.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2538 73 -68
102
60% 2465
36 Gandalf 4.32h 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2523 34 -34
418
52% 2508
37 SOS 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2520 17 -17
1710
41% 2581
38 Chessmaster 8000 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2517 44 -45
251
45% 2549
39 Goliath Light 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2516 21 -21
1151
37% 2613
40 Crafty 17.07/CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2493 22 -22
978
45% 2532
41 Crafty 18.12/CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2481 30 -31
563
32% 2613
42 MChess Pro 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2480 25 -26
753
40% 2551
43 Genius 6.5 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2476 29 -29
565
48% 2490
44 R30 v. 2.5 2275 41 -38
343
69% 2136
45 Mephisto London 68 030 36 MHz 2216 71 -63
122
68% 2080
46 Meph Genius 68 030 33 MHz 2195 43 -42
267
55% 2157
47 Chess Tiger 14.9 Palm m515 16MB 42MHz 2101 69 -74
100
39% 2180
48 Atlanta SH7000 20 MHz 2087 29 -27
667
68% 1956
49 Sapphire II 2009 34 -32
464
63% 1918
50 Chess Genius 1.5 Palm m515 16MB 42MHz  1870 69 -78
100
32% 2003

The full list is available at the SSDF site

Individual results
 1 Shredder 7.04 UCI 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz, 2810
FRitz 8 A1200 22-18 CT 15.0 A1200 30-10 Junior7 A1200 24.5-17.5
Hiarcs8 A1200 29.5-14.5 Ruffian A1200 18-9 CT14 CB K6450 10.5-4.5
Junior6 K6450 31.5-8.5 Shred5 K6-450 31-6 Hiar732 K6450 23-3
SOS K6-2 450 19.5-3.5 Goliath K6450 39.5-4.5 Fritz532 P200 32.5-7.5
Craf18.12 K62 43.5-3.5
Thoralf Karlsson reports:

Five months ago Shredder 7.0 appeared on the first place of the SSDF Rating list after a rating increase of more than 40 points. Now Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Sandro Necchi can be proud of another 40 points, which places them 48 points ahead of the nearest competitor!

After 465 games Shredder 7.04 UCI Athlon 1200 MHz, played under the Classic Shredder-interface, has a rating of 2810! Congratulations!

We have started to play with Deep Junior 8.0, on a single Athlon 1200 MHz, and will present the result on next rating list, which will appear in August or September.

Thoralf Karlsson

Here are some SSDF statistics:

Fritz has dominated the SSDF list since 1998. Since then 30 lists have been published, and Fritz was in first place in 20 of these lists. It's closest rivals were Shredder (three times first place) and Tiger (twice). Here are the statistics on how many times each program has been first:

Fritz
20
Shredder
5
Tiger
2
Junior
1
Hiarcs
1
Rebel
1
Chessmaster  
1


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