Author: Uri Blass
Date: 23:42:53 09/16/01
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On September 17, 2001 at 02:31:44, Christophe Theron wrote: >On September 17, 2001 at 01:22:41, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 17, 2001 at 00:17:12, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On September 16, 2001 at 17:35:42, Peter Berger wrote: >>> >>>>On September 16, 2001 at 17:06:14, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>A naive question: why don't you just assume that The King is stronger than >>>>>Shredder instead of calling for some obscure reason related to time controls? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Christophe >>>>> >>>> >>>>He used another ( probably somehow broken) adapter before and got a 17-3 result >>>>for TheKing. Now with a working adapter he gets more realistic results. >>>> >>>>He didn't suggest that either engine is any stronger I think. >>>> >>>>There is no reference to timecontrol at all - it's simply about some broken >>>>Chessbase WinBoard adapter ( and that one definitely really is quite broken ). >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>>pete >>> >>> >>> >>>"These results look very realistic since Shredder5 does not feel comfortabel on >>>the slow hardware." >>> >>>This is a direct reference to some hypothetic difference in performance >>>depending on the speed of the computer (which is the same as saying that the >>>programs perform differently depending on the time controls). >> >>It is not the same because it is possible that Shredder earns more speed >>relative to the king from fast hardware. >> >>I did not check it but I know that there are programs that earn more speed from >>fast hardware. >> >>I know that gandalf feels better on fast hardware relative to Junior not because >>of the time control but because it earns more speed from the fast hardware. >> >>Uri > > > >Using time controls twice as long is the same as doubling the computer speed. > >Faster hardware or longer time controls, that's the same. > > > Christophe The problem is that when Junior become twice faster thanks to better hardware Gandalf becomes 3 times faster. These are not the exact numbers but this is the idea. Uri
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