Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:56:35 02/06/02
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On February 06, 2002 at 16:11:15, athlon2000 wrote: >On February 06, 2002 at 15:56:22, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 06, 2002 at 14:47:45, athlon2000 wrote: >> >>>On February 06, 2002 at 11:15:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On February 06, 2002 at 10:09:58, athlon2000 wrote: >>>> >>>>>Is shredders triple brain option any good to use against single chess program >>>>>users? >>>> >>>>I wouldn't think it is particularly good to use it _anywhere_. Would you >>>>prefer to have one engine thinking for X units of time, or three engines >>>>thinking for X/3 units of time and then choose what appears to be best? >>>> >>>>I know _my_ answer... >>> >>>yes but wouldn't that mean three times the opening books and 3 different styles >>>that will cover each others weakness? so in essence wouldn't it be = to one >>>chess program... >> >> >>Think about the _time_. If your branching factor is 3.0, then would you >>prefer to have one program's analysis after a 12 ply search, or three programs' >>analysis after 11 ply searches? >> >>How many times have you seen positions where one more ply was critical? >> >>How would you compare (say) a X ply search by (say) Fritz, to an X-1 ply >>search by Hiarcs, Shredder and Junior? That is a difficult question and >>I am pretty sure I would rather have the X ply search against another >>computer. Against humans? Perhaps not. But then I would also want a >>_strong_ operator to choose between the three moves, not a computer program. > >i understand what u r saying but in this fact i will have to respond with the >fact that a friend of mine tested this option with three relatively moderate >strength programs and managed to beat and draw most other programs without many >losses...such as fritz junior chesstiger so on so forth. Not a fair test. Your _friend_ was a fourth participant. If the _program_ has to choose between the three moves suggested by the three engines, then things change significantly in favor of the single-engine program, IMHO.
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