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Subject: Re: Upper Elo Limits for chess programs on very Slow Processors

Author: ALI MIRAFZALI

Date: 11:38:25 02/16/02

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On February 15, 2002 at 17:28:01, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Dear Ali,
>
>Just subtract 60 to 70 elo points for every halving of processor speed.
>
>If program X is 2600 at 2000 Mhz then at:
>1000Mhz it is 2530
>500Mhz        2460
>250Mhz        2390
>120Mhz        2320
>60Mhz         2250
>30Mhz         2180
>15Mhz         2110
>8Mhz          2040
>4Mhz          1970
>2Mhz          1900
>1Mhz          1830
>
>This is only a guess.  You must realize that big programs may not even run on
>old hardware.  As you can see it is possible to get a good game with very slow
>processors.
>
>Do you intend to slow your processor clock to nil in order to make it last
>longer?  Maybe slower is better.
>
>Tio Timmy
>
>On February 15, 2002 at 12:33:13, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
>
>>I need some numbers here.I am Wondering if there is a theoretical or Practical
>>highest Elo that can be acheived for a chess program running on the following
>>Processor Speeds:1Mhz;4Mhz;6Mhz;10Mhz.
The proble m here is that no program on 1 MHZ has reached 1830 ever.



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