Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 07:50:29 08/01/00
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On August 01, 2000 at 09:10:56, blass uri wrote: >On August 01, 2000 at 08:44:15, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On August 01, 2000 at 08:14:44, blass uri wrote: >> >>>I try to find which engine is better at blitz without opening book. >>> >>>I guess that I am not going to get significant result in 800 games but I am not >>>sure. >>> >>>Uri >> >>You won't get significant result in general due to your unfounded speculations >>about hashsize. Are the hashsizes you use for each program recommended by the >>authors given the machine and timecontrol you use. If not, the exercise is >>rather pointless IMHO. > >I know that for Hiarcs7.32 the suggestion is hash size as big as possible. > >I can give hiarcs bigger hash tables then 128 Mbytes but I think that part of >the users cannot use even 128 Mbytes so I decided to do a compromise. > >I do not know the best hash size for Fritz6 light but I know that Fritz can lose >on time with big hash tables so I guess that my 8 mbytes hash size is better >than the 16 Mbytes of the previous test. > >I do not say that 8 mbytes are optimal but they are close to be optimal for >Fritz6light and I think that the programmer also does not know the optimal hash >size(with 8 mbytes it can lose on time in some rare cases but with lower hash >size it may have other problems). > >It is possible to criticize my experiment because of the no opening book but I >decided to test in this way after seeing Fritz6 lsoing against tal with the >opening 1.e4 a6 because I think that knowing strange opening better can be >pracitcal in games when the opponents try to get you out of book. > >I do not think that Fritz6light is at disadvantage because of these strange >openings but we need another experiment from known opening to check it. > >Uri Nothing wrong with your experiment. And the Hash for Fritz is appropriate for the time control you specified. The manual gives the infor !! Wayne
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