Author: Keith Evans
Date: 18:17:28 06/13/02
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On June 13, 2002 at 16:55:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 13, 2002 at 14:03:19, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>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. > > >I disagree. Look at what the fritz guys did to Chess Tiger on the chess server >with the h4 opening. If a program _knew_ its opponent, it could certainly use >that to good effect. That would have been a +200 point SSDF rating swing. I >don't say that a single program can cook every other one, but that was a well- >known cook that worked very well. game after game. Without an opening book >for either side after h4. > >Actually it might have been something like 1. e4 h5 where black won every >game, I don't recall since it didn't affect my program, and since I don't try >to cook my book for other programs even though on the chess server I do know >exactly who I am playing. I don't think that you disagree - you're just discussing a different topic. Knowing the detailed specs of the computer hardware that your program will be running on is a lot different than knowing what program will be your opponent. Right?
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