Author: giovanni lavorgna
Date: 11:30:05 10/17/04
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On October 17, 2004 at 12:05:22, Roy Brunjes wrote: >With so many experts here on computer chess in general, I'm wondering where this >group pegs Crafty's playing strength. I'm confident it is below the top >commercial programs, but by how much? My unofficial guess is 100 rating points >weaker, perhaps a bit more. That would put it somewhere in the 2650 - 2700 >range (if using SSDF "ratings" as the standard for better or worse). > >What do others think? For the sake of comparison, I'll have to assume the same >CPU that the SSDF rates the programs using (Athlon 1200 MHz). > >Roy Probably, your estimate is quite reasonable. However, for the sake of justice, it should be pointed out the crafty author has invested a significant amount of time in optimizing his code for a parallel implementation of the program. Therefore, if you really want the get the whole picture, it is not fair to limit so heavily the hardware at its disposal.
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