Author: Will Singleton
Date: 09:38:58 04/01/99
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On April 01, 1999 at 12:25:15, Stuart Cracraft wrote: > >Maybe it's just my imagination but having been >working on a program that tests on FICS, I've had >a devil of a time getting the rating up signficantly >over 2000 on the FICS server. Usually it will get >up to 2010-2040 and then evoke some interesrt in >some stronger types and get pounded down to 1970-2000 >before it creeps up enough to get the stronger ones >interested again (re-pounding, etc.) > >What's special about 2000 on FICS? Maybe just a typical >barrier for a program? > >If there is (or isn't) anything special about it, >then I'm wondering what I could do short of >increasing my hardware. It's an old Pentium 133mhz >but I don't want to spend the money to upgrade it >and would rather improve the program. > >The usual: PVS, null-move, hashing. Evaluation consists >of about 50 terms. Evaluation is done at the leafs >rather than pc/sq style for the most part. If you >need further details, feel free to ask. Code available. > >--Stuart Is this gnuchess 5? Or some derivative? I think most programs are running on 300mhz+ hardware, so it's going to be tough fighting that. Will
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