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Subject: Re: Crafty Depth/NPS ?

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 09:04:03 08/10/05

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On August 10, 2005 at 09:55:04, James T. Walker wrote:

>I watched Crafty play one game last night.  The reported NPS was around 14-15
>Meg for a few moves whick I took notice of.  The depth reported was only around
>14/15 ply.  My XP2400 only hits around 900K NPS in these positions and reported
>a depth of about 12-13 ply.  Is Crafty really only getting 2 extra ply for at
>least a 15-16 times increase in NPS? Bob ?
>Jim

It really depends on the position and time control.

If it was closed then the 2 extra ply is huge, and indicative of the speed
increase.

You will notice that in open positions the nps is enormous as is the depth, but
in closed positions the nps is slower, as is the depth ply.

Peter



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