Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:20:16 06/13/02
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On June 13, 2002 at 21:17:28, Keith Evans wrote: >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? Rats... you are correct. By "which computer" I was thinking "which computer program". Wrong answer. To quote a famous old line from Saturday Night Live... "never mind" :)
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