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Subject: Re: Diep as a strong sparring opponent (longish)?

Author: Dan Ellwein

Date: 13:26:24 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:
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>>
>>  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.
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>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.
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>
>
>    Christophe

as much as I would rather not agree with you, Christophe,

the longer I experiment with this 'computer chess thing'

the more I agree with your assessment...

regards

 - Dan



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