Author: Chuck
Date: 19:26:43 12/10/99
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On December 10, 1999 at 20:16:13, Bertil Eklund wrote: >On December 10, 1999 at 20:01:28, Chuck wrote: > [snip] >> >>I think it is very easy to prove that Robert is right here. It is very >>noticeable. I once played out a 40/2 match between a Mach IV and a Mephisto >>Polgar, the Mach IV one 10-2. The two machines are very close in strength, >>probably within 100-150 points. But playing many games and watching these two >>computers evaluate positions, it was evident that the speed of the Mach IV >>(compared to the Polgars 5 Mhz) gave it a big tactical advantage. Head-to-head >>this seems to be magnified. I played an old MChess against the Mach IV and it >>won 11-1. Wow, what results. The point is, when a progam plays another which is >>on significantly slower hardware, the faster program is going to win big and >>it's rating will be inflated. Two years later, when it becomes the one with slow >>hardware, it will be the one getting pounded, and it's rating will go down. I >>think at one time the Mach IV was on the SSDF list at around 2200, but late in >>it's life it dropped to below 2100. >> >>Chuck > >Hi! > >As checked houndreds of times this is completely wrong. > >Play two-houndred games and the level should probably be accurate. > >Bertil SSDF Then explain to me how the Mach IV had a SSDF rating of 2282 in January 1993 but now has a SSDF rating of 2074!?! Chuck
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