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Subject: Re: What is the expected result of white in this position in comp-comp

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 09:40:11 04/01/02

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On March 31, 2002 at 15:16:08, Uri Blass wrote:

>games?
>
>I believe that it is a draw but I remember that chessmaster could blunder in
>the ssdf games in KRPPP vs KRPPP on the same side so I am not sure that it is a
>draw in comp-comp games.
>
>[D]5rk1/6pp/8/8/8/8/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
>
>Can you try a tournament between the top programs at 1 minute/40 moves
>and at 40 minutes/40 moves?(you can use all the commercial in the ssdf and yace
>and crafty and maybe some other amatiers like comet or delfi).
>
>My prediction is that white is going to score better at 1 minute/40 moves.
>
>If my prediction is correct then it means that it is better for program to have
>an evaluation function that is dependent on the time control and to evaluate the
>score of the position as closer to 0.00 at longer time control.
>
>Uri


This is an interesting concept.  Could you elaborate on it?  (Has anybody else
ever suggested this?  Does any program embody this idea?)




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