Author: Uri Blass
Date: 23:45:18 01/15/01
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On January 15, 2001 at 21:48:02, Christophe Theron wrote: >On January 15, 2001 at 12:13:01, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On January 15, 2001 at 11:45:22, Frederic Friedel wrote: >> >>>Round four of Enrique's Cadaqués Tournament is up. Shredder beat Junior 12:8. >>> >>><img src="http://www.computerschach.de/tourn/cad2001/r4a.gif"> >>> >>>[I wonder if the table will appear here?!] >>> >>>All games with an interesting report by IM Hannu Wegner are to be found at >>> >>>http://www.computerschach.de/tourn/cad2001/cad01a.htm >> >>My previous test match between Nimzo 8 vs Junior 6.0 is consistent with what I >>see on this Cadaque's Tourney. When I matched Junior 6 vs Nimzo 8 using my AMD >>K6-2 500 MHZ at the end of 80 games Junior finished with a 6.5 lead at G/60, >>but when I swithed to my AMD Athlon 800 MHz the reverse happened Nimzo 8 ended >>up with 8.5 more points than Junior 6.0. It is clear that Nimzo 8 performs >>better with computer higher than the standard SSDF K6-2 450 MHZ. I would not >>doubt that Nimzo 8 will end up being in 4 or 5 place in the upcoming SSDF using >>the old K6-2 500 Mhz, but once the SSDF are upgraded to at leat 800 Mhz Nimzo8 >>will be one of the best three programs. >> >>Pichard. > > > >:) :) :) > >I have heard such claims for virtually any chess program before. > >It has never been proven, naturally. Actually such claims have constantly been >proven wrong as soon as the SSDF hardware has been upgraded. > >"Plays better with faster hardware" is an excuse for a program that does not >perform as well as expected. > >I'm not even sure Nimzo needs such an excuse BTW. It looks like a good program. > > > > Christophe I think the first thing to do is to compare the speed of the hardwares. If one program earn more speed from the fast computers then it can be proved easily. The claim was not that Nimzo earns more from slower time control but that it earns more from faster hardware. The time control of the poster(game in 60) is faster than the ssdf 40 moves /2 hours even after considering the fact that he used faster hardware. Uri
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