Author: Albert Silver
Date: 13:44:35 10/25/04
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On October 25, 2004 at 16:21:04, Dimitris Poulos wrote:
>On October 25, 2004 at 12:58:55, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On October 25, 2004 at 12:48:39, Andre van Ark wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>snip:
>>>-----------------------------
>>>>I'm a bit confused. Are you saying that if the SSDF were to upgrade to Athlon
>>>>3000XP+ machines, the amateur engines would profit from the upgrade and be
>>>>stronger than the top commercial engines running on those same Athlon 3000XP+
>>>>machines?
>>>----------------------------
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>No, Dimitris means for example Aristarch on XP3000 vs Shredder (elo appr. 2800)
>>>on Athlon 1200.
>>
>>That's not quite the way he phrased it:
>>
>>"Then Aristarch would be a nice candidate to top the list"
>>
>>"It would be a nice new circle begining with amateurs topping the list! IMO"
>>
>>Twice he says the amateurs would top the list. Top the list means being the best
>>as I see it.
>>
>
>Hi, I mean what Andre said.
>
>>>I would put my money on Shredder in a long match despite the slower hardware.
>>
>>Either way, I don't see how gaining about 60 SSDF points would enable Aristarch
>>to top Shredder 8 on an A1200, unless it is already as strong as Hiarcs 9, if
>>not more.
>>
>>
>
>Looking at the WBEC results of Aristarch I think it is.
>
>Dimitris
It's a nice result, but only one commercial engine other than Ruffian 2.1 was
used. Furthermore, the site suggests that Ruffian 2 is rated slightly *higher*
than Shredder, an idea I find ludicrous.
Albert
>
>>>
>>>Kind regards,
>>>André
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