Author: Ingo Althofer
Date: 13:42:53 11/04/97
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On November 04, 1997 at 07:38:16, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: > >On November 02, 1997 at 06:51:04, Ingo Althofer wrote: > >>o The Blitz tournament included some sportive elements: After each >>round half the participants had to change places ( with tower, >>monitor, keyboard, mouse, mouse-pad and all the cables ). For some >>machines the equipment is more than 50 kg, so really heavy. >Oh yes, after the games everybody was physically and mentally exhausted! >>o A good operator ( concentrated, familiar with the program. fast >> in moving the pieces and beating the chess clock ) is an important >> factor in Blitz computer chess. This may partly explain why >> Shredder was so successful, although it is in general a slow >> program. Even in its manual you find a sentence like "Don't expect >> too much in Blitz chess. Shredder is better in games under >> tournament conditions ( 40/2 ). The key point is that Stefan >> Meyer-Kahlen is an operator of professional calibre... Maybe >> his operating skills are good for 20 percent of Shredder's points. >I won no games on time during the blitz tournament and set the internal >level of Shredder >to the same level as most of the other programmers did. >It still helps to be a fast operator because I also didn't lose a game >on time :-) Hello Stefan ! Nice to have you back healthy. And congratulations both to place 3 in the main tournament and place 2 in the Blitz ! This Blitz result came as a real surprise to me ... I would have betted several beers against such a success. A few questions: What time setting did you use for Shredder in the Blitz ? ( For instance Dark Thought took only 2 of the 7 min for the machine itself. ) Did you change this time parameter depending on the opponents ? How many minutes did it take you to move with the Alpha from one corner of the room to the opposite one ? Another topic: How many drinks did you give ( or pay ) for the successful programs on slow hardware ? How much will I have to pay you ? IA
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