Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:47:24 03/26/01
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On March 26, 2001 at 21:52:16, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >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... > I don't quite see how you get 2-3 more plies from a dual 800 over a single 450, nor do I understand why you compare the dual 800 to the single 450. On a pure mhz basis, you are comparing 1600 to 450, which is almost a factor of 4. I can see 1+ plies with a factor of 4. I can't see 2-3 unless you are talking simple endgames... >> >> >> Christophe
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