Author: Serge Desmarais
Date: 20:30:51 08/27/98
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On August 27, 1998 at 22:30:58, Jeff Anderson wrote: > >>Looks like it would take a looong time for the program if the first few moves of >>the positionnal engine IS/ARE tactical blunder(s)! > >>Serge Desmarais > >No, certainly not. Perhaps I did not explain this clear enough. The engines >would search simultaneously and all they would have to do is compare scores. >The whole process at the end of each programs search would not involve any new >thinking, just comparisons of the thinking they did during their time. I could >do this on my own by hand if I wanted to just by comparing the analysis of too >programs, a very fast tactical one, and a positional program with a wealth of >chess knowledge running on seperate computers. >Jeff Another point is that 2 engines running simultaneously could receive only 50% of the CPU time each (or so) and so the tactical engine would not reach the same depth as if it was running alone (at least one full ply of even more shorter) and so, the evaluation of BOTH programs would be less reliable? Like when you make one engine play another in Fritz 5, they are both weaker than when running alone. Serge Desmarais
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