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
