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Subject: Re: Rebel-v/d Wiel on P3 866 MHz

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:09:24 01/05/01

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On January 05, 2001 at 08:50:43, José Carlos wrote:

>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


Speed is absolutely _not_ going to repair holes in a program's evaluation.  If
it is missing something important (say how to handle blocked pawn positions)
then making it run 10x faster won't help one iota...



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