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Subject: Re: Question how to read nodes from analysis

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 08:31:35 02/11/02

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On February 11, 2002 at 11:24:28, K. Burcham wrote:

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>Please write out the number for these nodes that i took from program analysis.
>This was taken from three pc's analyzing same position.
>These numbers dont seem correct to me. The large number fritz7 posts, using
>smaller mhz and only 5 hours. do all programs post in kn's? Is shredder6 kn?
>fritz7 posts in kn's, so i assume i can write this 13,204,724,000.
>Do you just add three 0's to chess tiger for each period, and then three more
>because it is actually a kn value? if true then that value would be
>7,089,194,000,000? this number now is 13 didgits, DS is only 11 didgits.
>I know i am making this more complicated then it is.
>I just worked out the math and it seems S6 does not post in kn.
>kburcham
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>3100 mhz
>Deep Shredder6  Depth 18   9 hours     15,884,648,840 nodes
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>1507mhz
>Chess Tiger 14.0  Depth 19  10 hours   7089194...
>
>1000mhz
>Fritz7          Depth 16    5 hours   13204724kn

It does not make any sense to compare node counts between two different
programs.  Some programs visit a lot of nodes and others far less so.

At very deep levels of analysis, it is not uncommon for bad numbers to be
reported anyway.



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