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Subject: Re: S704 uci better than S704 for chessbase?.

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 09:57:02 08/03/03

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On August 03, 2003 at 12:21:07, William Penn wrote:

>On August 03, 2003 at 02:03:59, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>
>>On August 02, 2003 at 13:42:12, Fletcher wrote:
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>>I ve noticed that the 2 engines neednt the same time to reach the same depth. I
>>>wonder why. Can someone explain me if the the UCI is really a bit better than
>>>the chessbase version like i ve already heard it.
>>
>>The engine speed is about the same in both GUI. About 0.3% faster under UCI.
>>
>>The difference is the book.
>>
>>The CB GUI has 2 book reading options:
>>
>>Tournament and Wide.
>>
>>The UCI 3 book reading options:
>>
>>1. Std (the same as the CB tournament option)
>>2. Wide (as the CB wide)
>>3. Tournament (a more selected opening selection than the std. one; only a to c
>>moves while the std. play also d moves).
>>
>>>
>>>Second question, does the UCI version of S704 run faster on its native
>>>interface?
>>>
>>>thx a lot for the answers
>>>
>>>Fletcher
>>
>>
>>Ciao
>>Sandro Necchi
>
>I don't know where you are getting that 0.3% figure(?). My results do not
>support it. The Shredder 7.04 UCI engine is much faster on my computer system
>(Windows 98se, 500MHz Celeron, 256MB) when run in the Classic Shredder 6 GUI.
>How much faster? I haven't quantified it exactly yet, but a lot! In typical
>opening/middlegame positions in infinite analysis mode (usually run for an hour
>or more), the Shredder 7.04 UCI engine usually runs at 100+ kN/s in the Classic
>Shredder 6 GUI, as compared to only about 70-80 kN/s in the Shredder 7 (CB) GUI.
>The Classic Shredder 6 GUI is also friendlier to my computer in general, using
>less resources, which is an important factor with Windows 98 and Me.
>WP

Hi,

to be honest I only use the UCI interface, so this figure was told to me by a
friend of mine.

Maybe someone can check and let us know.

Sandro



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