Author: Tony Werten
Date: 00:44:07 08/30/00
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On August 29, 2000 at 14:44:57, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 29, 2000 at 13:13:10, Masciulli Gianluigi wrote: > >>"...is that during the tournament the programs run on processors of different >>speeds. Surely it would be a fairer test of the program if the processor speeds >>were equal for all? The programmers seem to think that speed is not all that >>crucial (though they typically say it is ‘helpful’), but I suspect it may be a >>little more important than they care to admit." >> >>by J. Levvit at Kasparov chess site. >> >>I wonder why he can't understand that some programs are build with different >>platform in mind and that upgrading from 500 to 750mh cpu is "helpfull" but not >>"crucial". > >Every little bit helps of course. A faster CPU, faster ram, larger hash, bigger >tablebase, better opening book, etc. > >The fundamental algorithms are most important. The quality of the opening book >is second. CPU speed and memory are probably next. Tablebase files are last in >importance. > >Doubling the CPU speed would not be nearly so important as a superior algorithm >or bug free opening book. A very important thing you forgot is the quality of the evaluation. Specially passed pawns seem to be important. In the game against SOS, my program sacrificed a rook to create 5 (!) passed pawns. One on the 7th, one on the 6th and one on the 5th row. 3 out of 5 where on adjacent lines, unfortunately 5 out of 5 were useless. Tony
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