Author: Bas Hamstra
Date: 13:01:37 06/13/02
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On June 12, 2002 at 11:26:18, Uri Blass wrote: >On June 12, 2002 at 09:13:44, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: > >>On June 12, 2002 at 08:39:12, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>On June 12, 2002 at 07:07:23, Jouni Uski wrote: >>> >>>>Interesting match and stunning start for Comet! What has Ulrich done?? >>>> >>>>Jouni >>> >>>My next match will be G/60, but only 10 games. Ulrich can you explain what major >>>improvements you implemented to the B46 version? >> >>The most important change is the increment of the version number. (changes are >>tiny, some fine-tuning). >> >>Seriously, I think that version B.45 would also do better against Crafty at >>longer time controls. I guess, that the improvement, which you seem to observe, >>is due to 2 reasons: >>1st: you changed time control (Comet is generally bad at short times, believe it >>or not) > > >I do not believe it. > >I remember that Comet on 486 could beat palm tiger so it suggest that it is not >really bad at short time control. > >Comet had a significant hardware advantage but there are not a lot of chess >programs that can beat palm tiger on 486. > >Uri Of course there are a lot. Differences between stronger engines are very small, see Leiden 2002. TheKing had slightly outdated hardware, and bang, it sinks to the middle of the field. And numbers 1 and 2 in Leiden ran at significantly faster hardware than the rest, coincidence? Give a strong amateur 2x time advantage and the pro's will lose the last bit of advantage they have. Not many amateurs can beat TigerPalm? Are you kidding? How about 30? Heck, in Leiden Comet rolled 3 pro's up in a ball while NOT being on faster hardware: GT and TheKing and Shredder :-) Best regards, Bas.
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