Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 14:49:51 05/27/01
Go up one level in this thread
On May 27, 2001 at 17:02:38, Uri Blass wrote:
>On May 27, 2001 at 16:35:09, Werner Schuele wrote:
>
>>...and the Vancouver was in SSDF-List first with 2100 Elo and is now after a few
>>corrections 2005 Elo.
>>Do you think more games are necessary? or another time control?
>>Werner
>
>The ssdf games were 2 hours/40 moves so it is better to use 2 hours/40 moves to
>calculate ssdf rating.
>
>I guess that slower time control are going to help Palmtiger more than Vancouver
>because I believe that slower time control are more productive for the new
>programs relative to the old programs.
>
>Uri
I think it is true because Tiger has a better branching factor.
On the other hand, NOBODY (or almost) will ever play 40/2h games on the Palm, so
what is the point in spending thousands of hours evaluating a program at a time
control that is never going to be used?
99% of the Palm users will play at time controls faster than game in one hour...
Christophe
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.