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Subject: Re: If programs are only IM strength, why bother to play Kramnik??

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 09:52:29 05/14/01

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On May 14, 2001 at 08:47:43, Uri Blass wrote:

>On May 14, 2001 at 08:20:45, Joshua Lee wrote:
>
>>700Mhz x 5.9 = 4130Mhz  4130/450 = 9.177777778 hello!!! you are wrong, i am not
>>just making up things that i want to believe. Ya know those ratings still are
>>not acurate for 1 simple reason they are not FIDE or USCF rated so it is just
>>like if i wanted to give them any rating i want and say Chessmaster 3000 is
>>rated 2950!!! Sorry but it doesn't matter unless it's official besides the math
>>just doesn't work there are some programs which are accurate and some that are
>>NOT i will give you that but the difference between an 8way 700Mhz machine and a
>>450Mhz K6-2 is 9+ times  like i said before so there is atleast 180points
>>difference between the two weather you agree or not if not you better go get a
>>new calculator . Thanks
>
>I do not think that there are at least 180 points difference because of the
>following reasons:
>
>1)The difference against humans is not identical to the difference against
>computers.
>2)Even in comp-comp the difference may be less than 180 elo because of
>diminishing returns from deeper search.
>
>We do not know if there is significant diminishing returns from deeper search
>because it was never tested in these speeds.
>
>We know that at small depth there is not significant diminishing returns but
>things may be different at high depthes and it is possible that the difference
>in comp-comp games between 450 Mhz and 8*700 Mhz is only 100 elo.
>
>The only way to know is testing.
>
>Uri

Well said Uri.  :)

Best Regards,
Chris Carson



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