Author: David Dory
Date: 16:40:00 04/22/02
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On April 22, 2002 at 12:33:39, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On April 22, 2002 at 09:24:12, David Dory wrote: > >>#2 True. You can program a version of your engine just for blitz and make it >>more effective. Hiarcs would NOT be a blitz champ - it isn't designed for it. > >What allows you to make that conclusion? What you said implies >that Hiarcs gets stronger at longer timecontrols, which is haven't seen >any evidence for, and I personally don't believe it's true based on >the indications I have seen. > >>The 17XX Crafty and Fritz6 are more designed for blitz than either Hiarcs or the >>18XX Crafty, IMO. > >Nonsense. There is _nothing_ between the latest 17.x and the lastest >18.x versions that would imply a difference in blitz vs standard >performance. The programmer for Hiarcs stated point number 2. Perhaps you could throw your considerable logic at him? My point was that relatively faster engines will perform somewhat better than relatively slower one's, at blitz (all other factors being equal - which of course, they never are, but - theoretically, they will). I don't run Crafty, but have seen many reports that nps in 18.xx < nps in 17.xx. >What you said implies that Hiarcs gets stronger at longer timecontrols, which >is haven't seen any evidence for . . . ALL programs get stronger with more time to think, what the heck are you saying? Are you saying Hiarcs plays worse when given longer to think? > >Robert did make a lot of changes, but most were fixes, and none >were search related in such a way that it would alter blitz and >standard performance. (there were in the inbetween versions, but not >in the latest ones) > >>They just do more nps, and that's not the only thing in blitz, >>but it's a bigger part of the game than in normal time control. > >Nonsense. I would have thought that the Palm Tiger games would >have gotten people to get a clue, but appearently, they didn't. I don't have an interest in the palm, or follow those posts - so I have no idea what clue you're referring to here. Are you saying that Palm Tiger is a whiz at blitz vs. Chess Tiger on a PC? Sorry, that would be nonsense. Wouldn't believe it on a stack of Bible's. Dave
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