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Subject: Re: Which chess program is strongest at 2 hours per move (e.g. 1.2 G)?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 00:34:09 11/20/02

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On November 20, 2002 at 02:38:08, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On November 20, 2002 at 02:11:16, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>That is something that I always want to know.
>>Is it perhaps CM9K Utzinger? As that program/setting is said to be much stronger
>>on long timings compared to blitz, in comparrison to the parity with other
>>programs.
>>
>>I would do anything to have a program which trounced all others at 2 hours per
>>move.
>
>No such program exists.  The programs that are excellent at 40/2 will also be
>excellent at one move per day or other very long time controls.

I am not sure.
a program may have bugs that happen only when you let it to calculate the same
position for some hours.
>
>No program is going to trounce all others at any time control.

How do you know?
It is possible that one program is 100 elo better than other at 2 hours per move
but if you want to play a lot of games to prove it in the end of the test there
is going to be a new program.

Uri
Uri



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