Author: stuart taylor
Date: 04:04:08 10/19/00
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On October 19, 2000 at 06:45:19, Shep wrote: >On October 19, 2000 at 05:17:30, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>"The sensational result of the constant development over many years by Stefan >>Meyer-Kahlen: Whilst >> two engines compute in parallel, the TRIPLE BRAIN module >>decides, which move is selected as the >> best. A mind blowing break-through in the history of chess >>programming!" >> >>This is quote from Millennuim page. If normal Shredder is already 100 points >>over Fritz6a, this must be damn strong! > >Some points about this: > >1) It is doubtful if Shredder is really 100 points stronger than F6a. >2) If two engines compute in parallel, they will only run at 1/2 the speed of a >single engine (on a dual system, this also holds if the single engine is capable >of using both CPUs). This will make both of them weaker by about 30 points. >3) It is highly important by which criteria the TripleBrain module selects the >final move. > >Suppose you have engines A and B at 2600 points. By 2), they will effectively >run at 2570 points. Now how effective does 3) have to be to yield this 30 ELO >deficit, let alone improve the overall performance beyond 2600? > >This is not so clear, so no reason to get too excited in advance. :) > >--- >Shep I personally would apreciate anything which comes out with a great move, even after 30 minutes. Just not 6 weeks per move like I tried once or twice with some very old computers, about 6-10 years ago. Even 2 hours per move for faultless chess, would be a huge huge breakthrough, wouldn't it? S.Taylor
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