Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:07:39 11/24/03
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On November 24, 2003 at 07:41:16, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On November 23, 2003 at 17:29:28, Peter Berger wrote: > >>For information about setup and rules: >>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?329237 > >I quote from there: > >"Saying that the faster computer is about 10 times faster shouldn't be too >wrong." >and >"With this setup Crafty should be the clear favourite I suppose." > >I don't see why Crafty should be the clear favourite here. When I look at the >SSDF list, I see the following ratings: > > >Junior 8.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2784 >Crafty 18.12/CB 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2615 > >So there's a rating difference of 169 points. A factor of 10 is slightly more >than 3 times doubling and if we use 70 points for each doubling (which is the >upper limit in my opinion) we get the difference (3*70)-169=41 points. > >In a match where the first one to reach 6 wins is the winner, that's hardly >"clear favourite". It's more like using a dice to decide something. Or am I >missing something? > >Sargon Yes, he is not using 18.12. He is using something two years newer.
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