Author: José Carlos
Date: 05:50:43 01/05/01
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On January 05, 2001 at 08:38:07, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 05, 2001 at 08:04:38, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: > >>On January 05, 2001 at 07:50:42, Mark Schreiber wrote: >> >>>In the match with v/d Wiel, Rebel is running on P3 866 MHz. Using a faster >>>computer would be an improvemnt. Maybe a P4 1.5 GHz. They could also improve >>>Rebel to run on dual or multi processor like Junior. The Junior that ran on an 8 >>>processor at Dortmund would clobber v/d Wiel. At Dortmund, Junior performed at >>>Fide 2700. >> >>You are wrong. Van der Wiel enforces games which are highly non-tactically. A >>high node/sec won't help here. Deep Junior would have the same trouble. >> >>Uli > >I disagree. >Programs can find better positional moves when they search deeper. But the curve strength/speed in non-tactical positions is almost flat. For examples, if a program doesn't understand weak pawns, a speed improvment won't help it unless it can find the loss of the pawn, which turns the position into tactics. I understand speed can help sometimes in strategical positions, very few IMO. José C. >Uri
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