Author: Gerd Isenberg
Date: 11:56:57 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 Christophe, couldn't it be, that engines have some odd/even sympathy/antipathy? If the characteristic line of this property is to be out of phase between two programs, i can imagine that one is a better blitzer but the other the better medium time player. And what about fast against slow with "more" or "better" knowledge. At blitz time control the the linear speedup (fast/slow) may be more important. But due to superior branching factor at sime time the "better" knowledge pays off and the match tilts. Gerd
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