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Subject: Why changing machines after 5 games?

Author: Martin Schubert

Date: 00:14:52 05/02/01


Quote from kasparowchess:
>Some technical notes sent from match director Professor Enrique Irazoqui:
>
>1. Both programs are "Deep" (utilizing dual processors).
>2. Fritz's NPS (Nodes [roughly positions - ed.] per second) is a little less >than one million, which is slower than the Fritz 6 version everybody is used >to.
>3. After game five Prof. Irazoqui swapped machines, transferring both programs >and the books with the learning values. [To ensure no advantage, much the way >teams switch sides of the court in most team sports. -ed.]
>4. Enrique also measured the performance of both machines and found them equal >(0.2% difference).
>5. He was able to duplicate both programs' moves on a different machine.

Does anybody know a reason for changing the machines after 5 games? If to ensure
no advantage it should have been after 12 games.

Martin



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