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Subject: Re: AMAZING results. Congratulations for Christophe!

Author: Chessfun

Date: 12:39:12 04/04/01

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On April 04, 2001 at 15:18:41, Chessfun wrote:

>On April 04, 2001 at 12:52:57, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 04, 2001 at 10:43:24, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>On April 04, 2001 at 09:13:03, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 04, 2001 at 09:00:51, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 04, 2001 at 08:54:59, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Bullet 1 minute/game matches on ERT:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Gambit Tiger 2 x Yace 0.99    76 x 24
>>>>>>Gambit Tiger 2 x Crafty 18.1  66,5 x 33,5
>>>>>>Gambit Tiger 2 x LG2000v2.9   90 x 10 !!!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>A. Ponti
>>>>>
>>>>>how about setting both engines to 'instant move'
>>>>>and then play a few thousands of games?
>>>>
>>>>Oh my god
>>>
>>>If Kramnik or Kasparov were playing at instant time, or even 1 minute per game,
>>>I think their level of play would be quite weak.
>>>  I don't see the real need of concentrating on making programs to play 2-300
>>>elo points higher on lightning speed than at longer controls, much more so than
>>>the way humans do it.
>>>  I don't even see what the great fun is in testing it. It's a little bit
>>>interesting, but not all that much. I don't think it can be used to demonstrate
>>>the quality of the program. Maybe the contrary is true, as the longer timings
>>>are the interesting thing.
>>>S.Taylor
>>
>>
>>
>>When you get a new program I think it's quite natural to begin with fast time
>>controls, so you get an overview on a large number of games in a reasonnable
>>amount of time.
>>
>>Do you think Aloiso is going to stop now? I guess he is going to try longer time
>>controls.
>>
>>Fast time controls are also important because they are commonly used on the
>>chess servers.
>>
>>Another thing to consider is that game in one minute on a PIII-800 computer must
>>be something like game in 4 hours on the hardware of 10 years ago.
>>
>>If 10 years ago you or other chess enthusiasts were interested in games in 4
>>hours, then I don't understand why you would regard game in 1 minute on today's
>>computers with such contempt. These games show probably an even better chess
>>level (because software has been vastly improved).
>>
>>And finally, you could complain if the program in question (Tiger) was only
>>specialized for fast time controls, but as you will see it is not.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>
>I'm not sure that you can compare exactly as all programs behave differently
>especially such fast lightning games. I would think a lot of it depends on
>pruning especially at such fast speeds.
>
>Currently I have been running a 15 engine 1 min 1 sec inc Lightning
>tournament all play all 80 games each, 8400 games total, this is autoplayed
>and has been running now for about 10 days and currently Tiger leads Gambit
>by about 5 with about a 20 point gap till the next engine, Nimzo 7.32 is in
>last and the Shredder's have yet to play. All programs using their original
>opening books except crafty which is using general.ctg. All 5 men tablebases
>to programs that use them.
>
>While I agree both Tiger's are also very strong at longer controls currently
>with the results I have, most matches are being won by say 50-30. At longer
>controls while my results were very good they weren't this impressive.
>
>Engines playing;
>Junior 6a
>Junior 6
>Junior 6
>Fritz 6a
>Fritz 6b
>Fritz 6e
>Deep Fritz
>Nimzo 8
>Nimzo 7.32
>Tiger 14.0
>Gambit 2.0
>Crafty 18.03 CB with general.ctg
>Hiarcs 7.32
>Shredder 4.0
>Shredder 5.0
>
>Sarah.

Hmm something is wrong with that list as Junior 5 is also playing.
Guess I'll skip Shredder 4 and hold at 15.

Sarah.





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