Author: Uri Blass
Date: 23:01:21 11/17/01
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On November 17, 2001 at 17:42:45, Jesper Antonsson wrote: >On November 17, 2001 at 08:11:45, Uri Blass wrote: >>On November 17, 2001 at 08:03:10, Otello Gnaramori wrote: > >>>Uri, I know that Fritz has better software algorithms than D.B. , but Deep >>Blue has on its favour the power of an IBM SP/2 server equipped with a large >>number of special-purpose chips. >>>By using over 200 of these chips the overall speed of the program could be >>>raised to 200 million positions per second. >> >>I know that Deeper blue had better hardware but my impression based on analysis >>of the game is that the better algorithms of Deep Fritz was enough compensation >>for it. > >Uri and Otello, could you please share your analysises? To me it seems like a >given that Fritz would be crushed in a match against DB and that DBs eval is at >least not worse. DB has an overwhelming NPS advantage *and* the possibility to >do complex eval for free in hardware *and* PhDs and grandmasters that worked on >the algorithms, eval, book etc. If you really think that Fritz can stand up to >what they accomplished, I'd like to see what you base that on. > >Jesper The evidence is in the fact that I found no moves that the top programs of today need hours to find even when I looked at some positions when deeper blue changed it's mind after some minutes. The evidence is the fact that Deeper blue could not see the drawing line in game 2 (Qe3+) in the pv. Uri
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