Author: blass uri
Date: 10:43:06 03/31/00
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On March 31, 2000 at 12:53:43, Stephen Ham wrote: >Dear Readers, > >I know many of you are actively following my ongoing match games versus Fritz 6a >and Nimzo 7.32. For those of you not familiar with the event, please visit: > >http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/index.htm > >Anyway, a frequent poster here (name is withheld) wrote to Mr. Campbell stating >that since the chess engines are displaying their top 3 choices, they are being >weakened "a lot". No explanation was given for that claim. > >Would somebody here please provide a detailed explanation regarding whether this >claim is correct and why? > >The chess engines are on settings recommended by ChessBase USA as their optimal >settings for this event. My extremly limited understanding is that displaying >the top 3 choices does indeed affect the chess engines, but it causes them to >spend more time on what it believes to be the 3 best moves. As such, this sounds >like an enhancement to me. Given that the chess engines are allowed about 24 >hours calculation time on weekdays and are searching to 16-18 ply, I can't >imagine that this weakens them in any way. This weakens them because they could search 17-19 plies without searching for the second and third best moves. Uri
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