Author: K. Burcham
Date: 15:04:04 05/30/01
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i am sure there will be plenty here that think this does not matter. i have seen several that say hardware does not matter. but as a gamer playing at the chess servers, total nodes per move is very important. everything matters. GM Dreev was using way more time than deep shredder. early in the game GM Dreev was using two to three times more time per move. I assume the operator of shredder set his game time on a set 45 minutes, or maybe a 60 minute game. not sure what he did. most of the top players, that i play against, when we see our opponent is using way more time than we are using, then we will start using more time per move. some of the strongest operators that i play against, play in analysis mode only, for long standard games. this way they control total nodes per move. their thinking is that if they keep their time more than mine per move, then their total nodes per move is maxing out their strength per move. does it work? they can be as tough as any comp i play against. i read here once when someone asked chris about this, running a program in analysis mode for tiger 14 or for gambit tiger. he did not like the idea of the program not managing its own game time. same as mhz. more mhz is more nodes per move. more time per move is more nodes per move. you think mhz doesnt matter. you think nodes per move doesnt matter. then ask mr. hyatt to play your program with 3 of the four xeons removed, 700 mhz. ok, ask him to play you with 2 of the four xeons removed, 1400 mhz. not. thats why he called it a horse, 2800 mhz. his hardware is badfast. the gamers that play at the top chess servers, know what their programs will do. and we know that moves made in a bullet game are not moves the same program would play in a blitz game. and the moves a program makes in a blitz game are not the same moves a program would make in a standard game. time management is very important. so in this game with the GM vs deep shredder, maybe with more total nodes per move, deep would not have played into a drawn position. maybe. also something else that was interesting. when i play a high rated human, my score always fluctuates, up and down. in this game with GM vs deep shredder i was following with shredder5---my score stayed almost on 0 the whole game. the only time i ever experience the score staying at exactly 0 is when i play another top program with strong hardware. anyway, please comment. thanks
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