Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:20:03 12/17/03
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On December 17, 2003 at 13:09:57, Slater Wold wrote: >On December 17, 2003 at 10:41:24, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On December 17, 2003 at 10:23:26, Matthew Hull wrote: >> >>>On December 17, 2003 at 10:21:58, Slater Wold wrote: >>> >>>>On December 17, 2003 at 09:35:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 09:05:55, Slater Wold wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I guess I will be running the 100:1 NPS challenge. Here's the info: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>I will use any books.bin & bookc.bin that Bob asks me to. The book.bin will be >>>>>>created from enormous.pgn. >>>>> >>>>>My suggestion is to use book.bin, bookc.bin and books.bin from my ftp >>>>>machine. book.bin has no learning data so it will start off in the best >>>>>possible way. >>>>> >>>>>remove position.bin before game 1. >>>>> >>>>>And, as I suggested previously, if, after a program leaves book, it is >>>>>in an obviously won or lost position, the game gets aborted and the next >>>>>one started. There is no place for "book kills" when the goal is a time >>>>>handicap match. >>>> >>>>Agreed. The only loss Crafty has suffered in the Rebel match was a book loss. >>> >>> >>>BTW, what were the results of that match? >> >>3.5-1.5 for crafty >> >>see http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?336433 >> >>Note that the match is not very interesting for me because it is an open >>question if Crafty is better than rebel on equal hardware and in WBEC Crafty has >>13/24 when Rebel has only 10/24 > >There is no doubt in my mind Rebel is better than Crafty on equal hardware. And >I've played, oh, about 5,000 games with Rebel. I would take that wager. We _both_ use quad opterons. :) Isn't that "equal" by any reasonable definition? :) > >How much better is questionable, but it's obviously not 8x. ;) > >>The more interesting question is if Rebel is able to get better result than >>Crafty in the premier division. >> >>Uri
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