Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 14:22:44 11/11/04
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On November 11, 2004 at 02:15:20, Derek Paquette wrote: >I play email chess all the time, aswell as blitz games on the net. I also play >engine matches online and this came across. > >If someone were to play an email game, say a Grandmaster vs Me, and I was to use >a computer, and the return move time was say 5 days a piece. If I were to keep >Shredder 8 on Infinite analysis for those 5 days per move (say i keep the cpu >very cool and i give it a few hours of break) > >would shredder 8 play a perfect game? or near perfect where the gm would have no >chance without the assistance of another computer? > >I know that the longer the time control the better for the computer but to what >end? > >with 5 days per move, that is 120 hours,(7200min) >using the starting position as a bench mark for depth vs time, (where shredder 8 >goes 1 more ply after it doubles its time searching) > >I calculate on my athlon 1700xp that after 5 days shredder 8 would reach >.... > >depth 21 in 27 minutes...knowing that... > >depth 22 in 54 min >depth 23 in 108 min >depth 24 in 216 min >depth 25 in 432 min >depth 26 in 864 min >depth 27 in 1728 min >depth 28 in 3456 min >depth 29 in 6912 min > >So basically shredder 8 would reach a ply of 29 in just under 5 days... >could ANY human EVER beat it EVER? without computer assistance? Why should a GM not use Computer assistance? You may have a look at http://www.chessfriend.com and check the "Computermathc" and "GM Nickel - Hydra" to get a feeling how the games may go in such a case. regards Joachim
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