Author: James T. Walker
Date: 10:12:18 12/22/99
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On December 22, 1999 at 12:07:25, Michael Fuhrmann wrote: > > >Imagine a graph where the strength of chess program is the vertical axis and >time control is the horizontal axis. What would be the shape of the line? > >A straight, climbing line, with the program getting stronger as the time control >lengthens? Or does the line curve, gradually flattening out beyond a particular >time control? If the latter, it would be interesting to know where that >levelling out occurs. In other words, to know that if I play program A at 30 0 >it will be twice as strong as at 15 0, but that at 60 0 it's only 50 per cent >stronger than at 30 0, and at 120 0 the gain in strength over 60 0 drops to, >say, 25 per cent . . . Hello Michael, I think it depends on the definition of strength. If you mean strength vs humans then the line would start out very high and slowly drop off with time. If you mean strength of finding the best move, then most would start out low and slowly climb forever. Two very opposite graphs. Jim Walker
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