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Subject: Re: How make Fritz execute brute force search?

Author: leonid

Date: 16:26:03 07/26/00

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On July 26, 2000 at 18:42:19, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>On July 26, 2000 at 18:22:47, leonid wrote:
>
>>On July 26, 2000 at 17:26:01, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>
>>>On July 26, 2000 at 16:59:35, leonid wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 26, 2000 at 13:40:32, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On July 26, 2000 at 09:18:41, leonid wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>How ask Fritz execute brute force search? I have Fritz 6 but if it is possible
>>>>>>for some other version (even better DOS version), please say me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Recently I went to see Fritz nodes per second performance. Very impressive! Only
>>>>>>maybe I am missing exact numbers. NPS tend to grow when search is done by brute
>>>>>>force. This is why I try to find where Fritz numbers stays in real. But Fritz,
>>>>>>in dispite of its performance, is not exactly open minded piece of software.
>>>>>>Even its NPS I was able to see only through my Hiarcs 7.32 program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>Leonid.
>>>>>
>>>>>My search is selective only because of null-move. I believe this is also the
>>>>>case with Fritz.
>>>>>
>>>>>With null move on, my program searches 634k NPS. (BK, short searches)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On what hardware do you have 634k? I was very impressed with Fritz numbers only
>>>>because they were between 220 and 320k on AMD 400Mhz. Your numbers are almost
>>>>twice as fast.
>>>
>>>Pentium III/800. On a K-6/400 I figure I'd get 350k NPS or so. And that's for BK
>>>positions; if I did a 5 second run of WAC, I'd get 780k NPS or so.
>>>
>>>-Tom
>>
>>If I am not missing there something, your numbers are better that the Fritz
>>have. If you could someday check at what speed Fritz 6 goes on your hardware and
>>send me the numbers (best with some concret position), it will be very nice. Or
>>just put them here. If you numbers are so good, like I see them, you should be
>>really proud to say them in public.
>>
>>Leonid.
>
>Sure, I'm proud of the NPS, but at the moment my evaluation function is so weak
>that the program isn't competitive with even the stronger amateur programs.
>
>-Tom

Tom, anyway, if you will find few moments, send me, at least, one concret
position with Fritz 6 NPS and yours. It will say me what exactly are those
numbers. Your sound to me too enigmatic, since they are so good. And if you have
them right now, rest is nothing but question of time.

Leonid.



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