Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 01:35:20 05/30/01
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On May 29, 2001 at 13:02:43, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > 1) SEARCH DEPTH ADVANTAGE > >Commercial engines were faster a few years ago because they were >optimal programmed in assembly, so they searched deeper or were >tactical stronger usual as amateurs. A good example is the dominating >genius engine which got even at a slow Pentium 200 already 200000 >nodes a second. Interesting post, but I think this nps value for Genius is way too high. On my old Pentium Pro 200MHz, Genius 6.0 searches about 80000 nps in an average middlegame position. It is well-known that Genius is faster on a Pentium than on a Pentium Pro, but I doubt that the Pentium is more than twice as fast ... Tord
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