Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 18:52:16 03/26/01
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On March 26, 2001 at 21:35:51, Christophe Theron wrote: >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. I remember the first duals coming into ICC. Ratings jumped up. DIEP got completely annihilated by crafty when they arrived. Nonsense? Your words! Diep single cpu 450PII 6 ply in blitz. Diep dual 800 cpu 8-9 ply blitz. Pick the rating difference... > > > Christophe
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