Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 14:52:45 12/08/00
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On December 07, 2000 at 19:08:18, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On December 07, 2000 at 17:47:11, Bertil Eklund wrote: > >>Hi! >> >>Yes I agree with you but the main problem for Gandalf and Crafty is that it >>don't like AMD K6-2 450, it's only as fast as a P2-333 (in the SSDF-list). > >That's an interesting observation, Bertil. > >Generally, I'm not too fond of the "knowledgable programs can only compete on >fast hardware and at standard timecontrol" hypothesis. Gandalf can perform quite >well at blitz and standard on a semifast Athlon or PIII. Christian Koch has >documented that with his matches (except against Shredder). > >Even though fast hardware is getting cheaper, I don't think it's a good idea to >make your program too dependent on hardware. The perfomance of Gandalf in your >tests shows that it isn't. > >>Yes Gandalf is a really entertaining and active program! >>Steen has done the biggest improvements of all programmers in the last years! >>But it is now when he competes with the best it is really tough, to improve! > >Unless you're able to stumble onto a novel concept, it's mostly a question of >grabbing ELO points here and there. Accumulating strength by tweaking, you might >call it, which seems to be the case when going from "f" to "g" version. > >The next step would either be to try and speed Gandalf up or identifying and >adding important chess knowledge that might still be missing, which isn't an >easy task I imagine. Or preferably both. An expanded and tweaked book might also >be a way to gain points. > >Mogens. Hi! Some wise words about the hardware but for now I believe most programs are about equally strong on Thunderbirds or P3s. I believe it's hard for Dan to make the book much better vs others because it is already one of the best. Maybee he should forget some dubious lines like 3-g6 in Ruy Lopez, it was a youth-love I played when I was 16 but it is better to forget your love in the early ages! I believe when we goes for the next hardware-level AMD 1000 or whatever I guess Gandalf could be very close to the top! Bertil
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