Author: Roberto Waldteufel
Date: 23:11:36 08/07/98
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On August 07, 1998 at 04:43:17, Dan Homan wrote: >On August 06, 1998 at 19:16:02, Havergal Brian wrote: > >>Hello. Tournaments are always interesting, but I noticed you are using a >>Pentium 120. I don't know if you realize just how "slow" this cpu is when >>compared to the likes of a PPro 200, PII, etc. The games and their results can >>not really be taken seriously considering the shallow search depths together >>with the clock times. You might consider giving each more time per move...not >>that it would make much of an impact. :-) > >I think Torsten has considered this very carefully. You should really find >out some information before giving your critique. > >My understanding is that Torsten will run a companion tournament on P200's >and compare the results of the two. It is actually a very nice experiment >to test the effect of computer speed on tournament outcome. > >It is particularly interesting to amateur programmers, like myself, who are >getting the opportunity to see our programs tested in a tournament format. > > - Dan (author of EXchess, currently in the middle of the pack :) I would like to echo the above remarks. I am extremely grateful to Torsten for organising this tournament, and without it I doubt I would have worked nearly so hard on my program. Roberto (author of Rabbit, also in the middle of the pack:)
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