Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 14:21:21 06/13/02
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On June 13, 2002 at 16:01:37, Bas Hamstra wrote: >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 TheKing had slightly outdated hardware, and bang, it sinks to 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. That's why I think Crafty will be at the top of the list after next spring. The eight-processor Madison computers should be available, and one of those with the 64-bit Crafty riding on it's back should be a "holy terror"!!! Bob D.
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