Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:00:50 12/02/00
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On December 02, 2000 at 15:45:55, Georg Langrath wrote: >On December 02, 2000 at 14:58:45, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On December 02, 2000 at 13:33:07, walter irvin wrote: >> >>>On December 02, 2000 at 12:06:17, Georg Langrath wrote: >>> >>>>It is interesting how strong chesscomputers will be in future only depending on >>>>hardware. Couldn’t you get an idea if you let two computers play against each >>>>others with auto 232? One of the computer had usual time controls and the other >>>>ten times longer time. Then you see what ELO the computer got that had the long >>>>time controls. In that way you could foresee how strong computers could get, >>>>when they are ten times faster than today. >>>> >>>>Georg >>>the test you want to run would be better if ponder were left off .because if the >>>program that gets less time predicts the move then the fact that it gets less >>>time will be cancelled out .so your test would be good if ponder was off on both >>>programs . >> >>I think that you can do the test with ponder on and you do not need that one >>program will get more time. >> >>The only thing that you need is different computers when one of them is 10 times >>faster. >> >>You can do a match between programs on p100 and programs on p1000 when the time >>control is 20 hours/40 moves and get the results. >> >>Uri > >Yes a good idea but there is one question. Is the difference in ELO the same >between p100 and p1000 as between p1000 and p10000? With my idea you can examine >that. I think that the difference is bigger between p100 and p1000 than between >p1000 and p10000. But I am not sure. I would examine myself, but I don't have >two computers. > >Georg I assumed that the faster computer is only 10 times faster and that it is the only difference in both cases. If this assumption is correct then I see no problem. I suggested time control of 20 hours/40 moves in order to predict the result in 2 hours/40 moves between p10000 and p1000. Uri
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