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Subject: why do some chess engines play weaker at short time controls

Author: Joseph Ciarrochi

Date: 15:05:52 12/09/05


i've been running a number of chess engine tournements, and notice that fruit
does poorly and short time controls (e.g., 5 minutes a game), wheras Rybka and
fritz 9 do pretty well. Fritz 8 also does well at the short time controls

Can anybody explain this? Does it have to do with the amount of chess knowledge
(e.g., rybka has a lot of knowledge, wheras perhaps fruit emphasizes search
depth

best
Joseph



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