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Subject: Re: Wait, Thorsten Has a Point...

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 16:13:04 05/25/98

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On May 25, 1998 at 16:02:58, Moritz Berger wrote:

>On May 25, 1998 at 14:15:46, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>I don't see any "proof"... Moritz followed up with games where the top
>>programs had equal hardware as well...  I dislike "handicap" matches,
>>but
>>it has *always* been done, with the idea of seeing how old/new programs
>>and
>>hardware perform...
>
>I'm just playing a 'handicap' tournament with Fritz against the rest of
>the pack. Fritz gets my old Toshiba Tecra P133 notebook (about P120
>desktop equivalent, 80 MB RAM) and all the others get my P233MMX dual
>HX430 desktop machine with 512KB sync. PB cache and 128MB RAM.

What are the time controls?

>
>The Toshiba is about half as fast as the P233MMX (slightly slower,
>depending on the program).
>
>Results so far (scores from Fritz' point of view):
>
>1. Genius 5 DOS 3/7  -1
>2. Rebel 9 DOS 7.5/15 +0
>3. M-Chess 6 DOS 0.5/1 +0
>4. Shredder 2 4/8 +0
>5. Hiarcs 6 4.5/8 +1
>6. CST Paris 4.5/8 +1
>7. M-Chess 7.1 8/14 +2
>8. Comet A82 4.5/6 +3
>
>Fritz had white in all games except in
>7 games against Rebel 9
>7 games against M-Chess 7.1
>1 game against Shredder 2
>1 game against Hiarcs 6
>
>(I'm still completing games with Fritz/black, will post final standings
>here)
>
>Fritz 5.01 was playing with PowerBook and 60MB hash tables, all other
>programs got maximum hash tables possible on the 128MB P233MMX.
>
>
>Moritz



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