Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: CM8k another disappointment

Author: William Penn

Date: 13:20:46 12/01/00

Go up one level in this thread


On December 01, 2000 at 13:56:44, James wrote:

>Pick any position and search through ply 12, setting all things in both programs
>as equal as possible, using default personality,, retry using mas selectivity.
>for each program.   The results seen so far show that 8k takes 1.8 to 2.2 times
>as long, though for shorter searches they are closer.

I came to the same conclusion at first, but I was using a very blocked/closed
position for my tests. Try an open position, perhaps with both of the queens
running around on the chessboard somewhat freely. I now believe CM8000 is faster
than prior versions, in general, but it can vary with the type of position.
WP



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.