Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 11:07:26 12/19/00
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On December 19, 2000 at 13:39:53, Christophe Theron wrote: >On December 19, 2000 at 13:13:27, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On December 19, 2000 at 12:19:13, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On December 19, 2000 at 06:52:08, Mogens Larsen wrote: >>>>It's not an especially fast program, around 160Knps on my Athlon, but quite >>>>selective or so it seems. That could be a problem at faster timecontrols. >>> >>> >>> >>>Why? Can you explain your reasonning? >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>No, I don't think I can, given that I'm not sufficiently knowledgable about the >>program. Maybe the evaluation leaves it vulnerable to tactics at shorter time >>controls, I don't know. >> >>Mogens. > > > >As far as I know, the speed (in term of NPS) of a program is not an indicator of >its favorite time control. For example, Hiarcs is a very slow program, but it >performs extremely well at very fast time controls. It is the opposite for >CSTal. > >The level of selectivity is not a good indicator either. The King and Hiarcs are >very selective (they have to, as they are also very slow in NPS), and as I >pointed out, Hiarcs is very good at blitz. I don't know if the King shows any >preference for a given time control. > >Tiger is a very selective program, and it does not favor a time control over >another one. > >I would add that the presumed level of "knowledge" of a program does not >indicate either the time control it will excel in. Once again, Hiarcs is >supposed to have a lot of knowledge, and once again it performs the best at >blitz. Which is not to say that it is bad a long time controls. > >And finally over the years I have noticed that some programs have a clear >preference for fast time controls (Genius, Hiarcs...), but nobody has ever been >able to show that a program had a preference for long (or very long) time >controls. People say they have the impression that program X plays better at >long time controls, but it is never proven by further testings. > > > > Christophe Hi! Mchess, Kallisto, Gandalf and Nimzo performs better on longer time-controls. Genius and Hiarcs the opposite. For most other programs the difference is very small as you pointed out. Bertil
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