Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 00:51:12 10/14/03
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On October 13, 2003 at 16:26:24, Dan Ellwein wrote:
>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
>
>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
I'm like you. I see facts that I do not like, but I get used to them and after a
while I analyze them and try to deduce from them a better understanding of the
*essence* of the problem.
Christophe
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