Author: Jonas Bylund
Date: 11:36:09 10/13/03
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On October 13, 2003 at 14:19:14, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 13, 2003 at 13:09:03, Charles Roberson wrote: > >> >> You make the statement that Diep is a positional engine and you chose it based >>on that. So, why did you run G/5 matches? At G/5 tactics and search depth >>is crucial. > > > >I would like to bring to your attention that tactics and search depth are >crucial at any time controls in chess. > >Showing dimishing returns from increased search depth is so difficult that in >practice there is little difference between blitz and long time controls. > >If engine A gets a beating at blitz, expect it to get the same beating if you >repeat the match with long time controls. > > > > Christophe Now that is not my experience at all, some engines do seem to be much better at long time controls than at blitz and also the opposite is the case, however it seems that engines that do better at blitz TC's don't have the same margin of difference. Jonas
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