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Subject: Re: How do you know?

Author: Amicitia Stone

Date: 08:29:17 02/25/01

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On February 25, 2001 at 11:22:54, Albert Silver wrote:

>On February 25, 2001 at 11:09:22, Amicitia Stone wrote:
>
>>On February 25, 2001 at 11:02:55, Pete Galati wrote:
>>
>>>On February 25, 2001 at 10:17:53, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>Now that you mention it, I don't know.  But I have always heard that SMP
>>>programs don't do as well as the non SMP versions on single CPU computers.
>>>
>>>It could be that Deep Fritz has a way around that, or it could be that Chessbase
>>>claims that Deep Fritz is better on single cpu machines for no other reason than
>>>they get to sell them for more.
>>>
>>>Are there tests (not by Chessbase!!) indicating that Deep Fritz is the stronger
>>>program on single cpu computers?
>>>
>>>Pete
>>
>>Well I can test them. I have both, and I have a 500 P3. Of course, I would need
>>10 million games all at tournament time control to prove anything :)
>
>Not really. Test them on a series of difficult positions requiring at least a
>few minutes to resolve, and compare the results. The question is in how much the
>engines differ though, apart from one being SMP and the other not.
>
>                                        Albert

Hi Albert,
Ok sure I can do that. Do you have any suggestions for "difficult positions"




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