Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 05:44:07 11/10/01
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On November 10, 2001 at 04:01:03, Peter Berger wrote:
>On November 09, 2001 at 23:26:30, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>I think another real challenge is to write a 1800 elo program for the Athlon
>>1333.
>>
>That's a little harsh, isn't it ?
Yes and no.
My comment above is a little sarcastic, I should have added a ":)".
On the other hand, just using basic alphabeta with QSearch techniques on a fast
Athlon already brings you above 1800.
So the fact that a program is young does not tell us that it must automatically
be under 1800 elo (SSDF).
Christophe
>Just to clarify : I posted some games of weaker WinBoard engines against the
>Tiger on the Palm at the WB forum with three words text : "Just for fun ...".
>The context was clear when posted there - and I could be sure no big explanation
>was needed. I didn't expect to see them cross-posted here.
>
>If there was anything to be tested here it was the WB-engines. For example in
>the second game of the series Zephyr simply lost on time in a completely won
>position because it couldn't resolve a fail-high. Also it left a zombie process
>on the system after the game. We are talking about young programs here.
>
>Testing the Tiger is on my schedule, too ( just time is the problem). I will
>find more suitable opponents then.
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