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Subject: Re: Three Brain Schredder

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 15:23:30 11/17/00

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On November 17, 2000 at 17:44:50, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 17, 2000 at 17:20:25, Fernando Villegas wrote:
><snipped>
>>c) If it is not, how this entity compares with Schredder IF two top programs are
>>harnessed toguether? I suppose many experiment has been already performed before
>>delivery.
>
>I think that it is has some rules based on evaluations and main lines.
>
>Example 1:If engine A fail low after 1 second and engine B fail low after 10
>seconds with the same main line then it is logical to assume that engine B is
>weaker in tactics in the relevant position so it is logical to choose engine A.
>
>Example 2:If engine A shows evaluations:+1.1 and the evaluation goes down to 0.5
>when engine B has stable evaluation of 0.0 then it is logical to assume that
>engine B understands the position better(I usually expect +1.1 to go up and not
>to go down) so it is logical to choose engine B.
>
>I do not know if Shredder is using similiar ideas but this is the ideas that
>seem to me logical to try in order to be correct most of the time in choosing
>the right engine in cases when both engines have equal strength.
>
>Uri

I feel that such a beast must be weaker than a normal program, as it have to
waste a lot of computing time. First two engines computing the same pos. Then
the third engine etc. etc.

Torstein



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