Author: Sirotovich
Date: 13:21:37 01/29/04
My question is for all computer programmers, who read this news. Dear Chess Friends ! Please open our eyes ! Does it make ANY sense to run engine vs. engine matches or round tournaments on one machine ? From my point of view, it is a waste of time and the results wouldn’t reflect the real strength of weakness of each particular engine. I have bought my first Fritz 5 when it was just release many years ago. Since that time I run many eng. vs. eng. matches and round tournaments with different time control. Very often the results were too good to be trusted. Many days and nights my PC worked non-stop and I just wanted to find which engine was the best !? The one I bought just now for $100 or another 2-year old one, which probably didn’t cost anything at that time. For example, the old man Hiarcs 6 could win 4 round tournament ahead of its latest version to say nothing about the other young and expencive rivals from Fritz, Shredder of Junior group !? I foresee your questions about my PC. It is a good one with a lot of memory and processor power. I read many results here when Fritz beat Shredder, Crafty beat Junior, Tiger beat Hiarcs, or absolutely the other way around !? Nearly everyday someone provides new results, which conflict with results sent by another peson. Can we trust all these results, if they ware achieved on one machine ? When 2 engines played ONLY 100 games, someone definitely wouldn’t be happy with this result and he would propose to play 1000 games !? If another person managed to organize 1000-game match, they would definitely propose him to play 10,000 games. I understand, it is a good fun to watch when 2 Grandmaster strength engines perform a real spectacle for us, but do we need to take these results seriously, if we don’t have another computer to connect them together ? Please help me or other friends to safe our time and energy or a battery life !? Best wishes Anatoli Sirota
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