Author: Michael Borgstaedt (GOLIATH CHESS)
Date: 04:25:55 01/16/02
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On January 16, 2002 at 04:51:19, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 15, 2002 at 21:56:03, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On January 15, 2002 at 16:33:18, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: >> >>>On January 15, 2002 at 15:34:19, Mogens Larsen wrote: >> >>>>The chances of Michael Borgstädt trying to participate with two engines or >>>>giving two permissions are zero IMHO. >>> >>>zero, I don't think so ? >>>Remember wmccc 1996 in Jakarta, 2 goliaths had been entered (in fact the entry >>>names had been different). Next year in Paris, 2 versions of Goliath had been >>>announced too; but 1 entry had been withdrawn after some protests in internet >>>fora. Ask Thorsten Czub; IIRC he was one of the guys opposing vehemently. >> >>They also both competed in Maastrict in 2001. The regular one was in the >>regular tournament, and the "little" one was in the blitz tournament. >> >>bruce > >If there was only one goliath in the regular tournament and one goliath in the >blitz tournament then I see no problem and the programmer could also >do it in the same program. > >Programs use different algorithms when they are in book and when they are out of >book so I do not see a reason to prevent a program to >use different algorithm base on the time control. You are right. Goliath used a conventional fast/stupid search algo at fast time controls and a horrible slow - knowledge based - search algo at longer time controls. Regards Michael > >Uri
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