Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 06:53:03 01/15/02
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On January 14, 2002 at 22:36:47, Brian Katz wrote: >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 You are of course not wrong. Using two computers with autoplayer and ponder=on is surely one of the best way to get reliable results. But there is so far no evidence that the other method leads to significant differences between two computer programs. Kurt
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