Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 02:04:01 02/20/05
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On February 17, 2005 at 13:18:23, pablinhoz wrote:
>
> Hi Kurt. I always follow your matches with a lot of interest, but i don't
>understand why you are running this tests, especially the ones you took on
>junior 9, at such fast time control. I mean, we want the programs we are testing
>to be able to their unleash full strengh, right?
>
>I once heard from Amir Ban saying that it seems that one chess program seems to
>perform best at the range where the programmer runs tests and makes decisions
>about his program. He said he always tested his program at classical time
>control (2h/40 + 1h/20 + 30').
>
> From my point of view, and i agree with you completly in this matter, it makes
>no sense testing x program vs and older version of the program. I find much more
>interesting to run a match between program x and program y (with a different
>aproach from his programmer). That's why i think a match between Junior 9 and
>Shredder 9 at classical time controls would be phenomenal. When you make a
>fight, you want two contenders, the two of them very alike to each other, but
>you want them evenly matched. Wouldn't it be great running a match on such
>conditions? Somebody do something! Best regards
>
>
> Pablo
We are running the 40'/40 matches to get a first impression
of a new engine. The big tournament including the best
engines at time control 90m+30s will soon start.
Kurt
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