Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 18:35:51 03/26/01
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On March 26, 2001 at 20:06:21, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>On March 26, 2001 at 18:49:47, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On March 26, 2001 at 18:35:17, Frank Quisinsky wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Christophe,
>>>
>>>a very interesting and good message, like that !
>>>
>>>Now a little bit in my superb English :-))
>>>
>>>01. I believe you forget the important factor, that you can playing engine -
>>>engine matches on a dual system with ponder! An interesting player must not buy
>>>a second computer and an autoplayer.
>>
>>
>>I do not disagree, but my post was about the increase in playing strength from a
>>dual system. Maybe it was directed more at those who think that they are going
>>to crush everybody on the chess servers with an expensive dual system. :)
>
>I think those persons are not completely insane then, because
>in blitz programs search to very shallow depths. Especially the so called
>3 0 matches which are popular (i personally never play with diep 3 0
>against other engines as i don't care about that level as debugging
>such a game costs me more time as the game itself costs for sure, not
>to mention that the scores scroll too quick on my screen with 3 0 and
>the shallow depths make the game not very serious representing tournament
>level).
>
>Most people who are running a prog on a chess server kick only on dick
>height. In that respect a dual is a good thing for them. As in blitz it's
>not 20 points or so it's more like 150 to 200 rating points at least
>difference.
Your 150 to 200 elo figure is nonsense.
Christophe
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