Author: martin fierz
Date: 18:20:37 10/08/02
Go up one level in this thread
On October 08, 2002 at 14:30:42, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On October 08, 2002 at 14:26:38, John Merlino wrote: > >>I think you may be making a generalization here. You may be right about Fritz >>(and others I may be unaware of). But The King engine in CM9000 actually >>searches a tiny bit SLOWER in terms of NPS than the engine in CM8000, and yet >>independent tests (mostly by users on this board) have shown it to be anywhere >>from 30-100 points stronger than the previous version, thanks to improvements in >>the EVALUATION (or, to use your term, quality). >> >>jm > >i bought cm4,6, and 8000. >i did not buy cm9000 so far. >the odd numbers seem to be problematic for me :-)) > >it might be that it is slower and better. >my point was that the programs should IMO learn to develop a plan, to >create a thesis instead of doing SEARCH and NPS. > >i will wait until ssdf has tested CM9000 and THEN decide to buy it or not. thorsten, i'm shocked! did you just write that you are going to make a decision based on SSDF results?? aren't these the guys who produce lots of irrelevant stats? :-) aloha martin >It was not my intention to call all programs going backwards. > >Only that i have the feeling that the competition with fritz >is not making the programs much more cleverer.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.