Author: Kevin Mulloy
Date: 20:41:50 12/15/98
Gentlemen,
I am in the process of testing MPC7 in a 200 MMX 80 meg RAM machine against
MCP7 in a 450PII 256 meg RAM machine. In the 200, the MCP7 engine calculates
aprox 1,250,000 positions per minute. In the 450, about 2,600,000 positions per
min (slightly more than double). I have adjusted the times accordingly -- I
give the 200 2 min per move and the 450 1 min per move. I thought that this
should be a fairly even match with a slight edge to the 450. After 20 games,
the 200 leads 15-5?? I was not testing this fine program against itself to try
to produce a "winning" machine. I just wanted an easy way to handicap one
machine so that the 200 and the 450 would play fairly even chess when I matched
different programs against Mcp7. I realize that I have a very small sample here
-- could someone advise me on the proper set up that I should be looking for to
even these 2 machines out. Also, If my approach to this problem is OK, how much
bigger should the sample be to give a good indication of strength? Thank you,
Kevin Mulloy
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