Author: Gabor Szots
Date: 01:44:21 03/30/04
Hi all, I have conducted some tests with Patriot 1.0.5a (I don't have the pre-release verison, but I don't think results would be different) to see whether Taktik OFF or ON is the better setting. Here is what I have found. First, I ran the WM-test's positional part (36 problems) on an AMD XP 2500+ machine. When Taktik was OFF, Patriot solved 18 problems, scoring 2639 points. With Taktik ON Patriot solved 15, scoring 2619. This is a difference of 20 in favour of Taktik OFF. I then run ECM-GCP (183 problems) on a PIII 933 MHz machine, giving 10 seconds per position. With Taktik=OFF Patriot solved only 35 (!), while with Taktik=ON it solved 89. Now came the IQ2 test by Jim Monaghan (201 problems). Again, PIII 933 MHz machine, 10 sec/problem. Taktik=OFF resulted in solving 82 problems, scoring 2243 Élõ points. Taktik=ON brought 137 solutions, scoring 2425 Élõ points. I believe the conclusion is self-explaining: the Taktik OFF setting gains very little positionally compared to the big deficit it causes tactically. So my choice is Taktik=ON. Gábor
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