Author: Uri Blass
Date: 10:14:25 12/06/03
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On December 06, 2003 at 13:12:14, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 06, 2003 at 12:29:10, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On December 06, 2003 at 11:48:08, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>>On December 06, 2003 at 11:42:19, Mike Byrne wrote: >>> >>>>On December 06, 2003 at 11:33:42, Joachim Rang wrote: >>>> >>>>>On December 06, 2003 at 11:22:15, Alex Szabo wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>My self-play experiment between crafty versions 19.6 and 17.14 resulted in the >>>>>>19.6 version being stronger by 11 (plus or minus 2) rating points. >>>>>> >>>>>>The experiment was for 20,000 games at a 20+1 time control. It was run on a >>>>>>2x2GHz pentium4 linux system with xboard 4.2.6. I can include other details if >>>>>>there is interest. >>>>> >>>>>20.000 Games at a 20+1 time control? How many month did your test last? It seems >>>>>to me impossible to play 20.000 games with Crafty 19.6 since this version is >>>>>only a few weeks available. >>>>> >>>>>regards Joachim >>>> >>>>I thought the same thing - but then I did the math and I felt it was possible. >>>>His 20 +1 must mean 20 seconds plus 1 second - not 20 minutes plus 1 minute. >>>>You could play 20,000 games of 20 seconds plus 1 second in about 500 hours. >>>>Just about 3 weeks , if played continously. >>> >>>I retract this post -- On second thought, I don't think it works. >> >>Why not? >> >>20 seconds per game+1 second per move when game take 60 moves and the programs >>do not use all the time may mean 2.5 minutes per game. >> >>2.5 minutes*20,000=50,000 minutes >> >>It is 833 hours and 20 minutes if my calculation is correct. >> >>When you have 4 dual that play at the same time then you >>get less than 210 hours that is less than 9 days. >> >>I have a problem with this way of testing because 4 dual that work on the same >>time may mean double games and it is better to do different tests at different >>dual. >> >>Uri > >I only now read no opening book and different position so it seems that I did >not read the first post well. > >Uri Of course I could not read it well because it was the second post that was posted only after my post and I could not read something that was not posted at the time that I posted. http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?333903 Uri
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