Author: Mark Young
Date: 08:49:04 09/11/99
Go up one level in this thread
On September 11, 1999 at 02:05:20, Ed Schröder wrote: >On September 10, 1999 at 18:36:12, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>On September 10, 1999 at 11:50:50, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>On September 10, 1999 at 07:50:36, Micheal Cummings wrote: >>> >>>>On September 10, 1999 at 06:04:42, Ed Schröder wrote: >>>> >>>>>>Perhaps Ed should clarify this issue. >>>>> >>>>>My only goal is to find out how Rebel will do against GM's at tournament >>>>>time control. Because of the attention the event gets I can afford to put >>>>>some money and time in it. >>>>> >>>>>As for the question, "count this game or not" I on my abacus will not >>>>>count this game because the game was not representative to the above >>>>>mentioned goal. >>>>> >>>>>Officially this game counts of course. A PC can break any time. A pity but >>>>>it is simply all in the game. A human can go to the bathroom and lose on >>>>>time, no win on my personal abacus then but the win officially will count. >>>>> >>>>>Anyway in 8 days Rebel can try again against Lithuania (1 x GM and 3 x IM). >>>>> >>>>>Ed Schroder >>>> >>>>Hi Ed >>>> >>>>Do you think that all the problems are fixed, are you changing any program or >>>>hardware for this upcoming match. And if so do you think that it is worse or >>>>better for your chances at winning. >>> >>>I will change hardware. I am after the Athlon-650 at the moment. I don't >>>think the Athlon-650 will run faster than the K6-III-600 I am having now. >> >>Perhaps Bruce is right and you are again putting Rebel riding a wild ponny. I >>would love to see how Rebel does using a more conventional hardware as that we >>generally have. I mean, a 233, 266 or so Mhz stuff. >>fernando > >Of course Bruce is right and you have a point too. But I am sure the >majority wants to see the best software + the best (fastest) hardware. >And I definitely belong to that majority :-) > >A chess programmer's main wish and goal is to see his baby to perform as >strong as possible. That is his driving force. For me that is 18 years >now and I am still not cured. Will it ever stop? :-) > >Ed I would run it on the Fastest PIII I could get my hands on. The performance will not drop that much in terms of Elo over the K Chips. And you no longer have to worry about hardware crashes and strange thing happening in the game due to hardware. This seems to be the smart move to make, but I know some people like to play with fire even after being burned.;) > > > >>>I also think book preparation must be done better as the Benko-gambit line >>>was not good for Rebel, too much strategic involved. I am not so optimistic >>>anymore than I was after the 2 nice draws. >>> >>>Ed
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.