Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 09:46:38 04/25/03
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On April 25, 2003 at 12:24:29, Uri Blass wrote: >On April 25, 2003 at 11:53:59, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On April 25, 2003 at 11:37:10, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On April 25, 2003 at 11:08:46, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>> >>>>If doubling the speed increase the strength of a program by 40 points, then the >>>>estimated strength of Fritz 5.32 should be close to 2666 on an Athlon 1.2 Ghz. >>>>Therefore, the Opening alone can increase a program strength from 50 to 85 >>>>points. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------ --- --- ----- --- ---- >>>> 1 Fritz 5.0 PB30% 67MB P200 MMX 2566 25 -24 906 68% 2431 >>>> 2 Junior 5.0 64MB P200 MMX 2556 33 -31 502 67% 2435 >>>> 3 Nimzo 98 56MB P200 MMX 2526 25 -24 812 61% 2450 >>>> 4 Rebel 9.0 45MB P200 MMX 2524 25 -25 802 63% 2432 >>> >>> >>>I do not know how did you get the estimate that doubling the speed can >>>increase the strength of the program only by 40 points? >>> >>>I think that it is more than it and the difference is bigger at the fast time >>>control that you played your games. >>> >>>Uri >> >>Are you one of those that support that doubling the speed of a processor could >>yield an increase of strength of more than 40 points, and think that the >>difference should be greater when matching a computer program versus another >>program instead of being directly proportional. Now if the match is between >>Human versus computer than I totally agree with you, that the difference should >>be bigger benefiting the computer, but NOT Comp VS Comp. > >The opposite. >The common conjecture is that the difference in comp-comp is bigger than the >difference in comp-human games. > > Finally, the SSDF >>estimate is way overrated, since there is noway possible that Shredder 7 could >>reach 2765 on a mere 1.2 GHz. If that is the case then Shredder 7 or 7.04 should >>be able to beat any of the top 3 FIDE players 80% of the times on an Athlon XP >>3000+. > >I do not see how do you get it. >Your rating is based on comp-comp games so the rating against humans is >irrelevant. > >My claim is that programs earn more than 40 elo in comp-comp games if I double >their speed. I still don't think that programs earn more than 40 elo points in comp-comp by doubling their speed. If that is the case Shredder 7 should reach 2765 + 40+ => 2805+ or greater by using an Athlon XP 2400+. I don't think that is the case. Jorge >I do not care much about their rating against humans. > >Uri
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