Author: Brian Katz
Date: 19:36:47 01/14/02
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On January 14, 2002 at 02:39:16, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On January 13, 2002 at 19:16:41, eric guttenberg wrote: > >>I may be wrong, but I believe the 7,0,0,2 engine IS the 7a engine. >> >>But I am glad someone mentioned the potential for misleading results >>that may come from single computer matches. This has been discussed >>on this site at length several times and I know some people still >>believe in those engine matches on one machine. But I have seen too >>many single computer results that are at odds with 2-computer results >>to put too much faith in them. >> >> >>eric > >Your statement may be true for engine matches with ponder=on on a single >computer but for sure not if params are set to ponder=off. Other people argue >that when using two computers, the autoplayer would give the ChessBase programs >an advantage. My experience show - provided a sufficient number of games are >played - no differences in results between autoplayer matches and engine matches >on one machine with ponder=off. I do therefore no longer use the autoplayer to >get more games. >Kurt I may be talking out of my hat, but I believe that some programs need Permanent Brain more so than other engines. To me, the most accurate way to compare engines would be to use two separate computers with autoplayer. Please correct me if I am wrong. Brian
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