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Subject: Re: How to Cheat in SSDF Competitions

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:03:19 06/13/02

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On June 13, 2002 at 10:43:42, Robert Henry Durrett wrote:

>An idea:
>
>Perhaps it is possible to know, in advance, which computer SSDF will use for
>testing of a particular chess program.
>
>If so, then do you suppose it would be possible to get a higher rating by
>optimizing the code for that particular computer?
>
>How much higher?

5 ELO tops.  Maybe 10% improvement in speed if they spent a great deal of effort
writing special tricks for a particular CPU.  In fact, it would be an incredibly
stupid waste of effort.  Far better would be to spend the same time trying to
improve their fundamental algorithms.



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