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Subject: Re: Zappa's dominating score...

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:20:50 08/22/05

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On August 22, 2005 at 21:09:19, gerold daniels wrote:

>On August 22, 2005 at 18:10:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On August 22, 2005 at 16:57:00, Engin Üstün wrote:
>>
>>>On August 22, 2005 at 16:20:32, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 22, 2005 at 15:51:22, Engin Üstün wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 22, 2005 at 15:31:29, Thomas Mayer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi Engin,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On August 22, 2005 at 15:18:43, Engin Üstün wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On August 22, 2005 at 11:57:33, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Is it the largest margin (by percentage of points) ever for a WCCC or WMCCC
>>>>>>>>event?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>zappa was played on 2 cpu dual core, Fruit play only on 1 cpu, clearly is Fruit
>>>>>>>the Campion for me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>very interesting is a match on same hardware Zappa vs Fruit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>so well, then I chose the machin Anthony did use... see ! Nothing is changed,
>>>>>>because Fruit so far just can use the single... so is Anthony to blaim because
>>>>>>he made his program MP ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Just a comparison for those which support the same hardware idea: now what to do
>>>>>>if one of those programs does not support opening book ? Must now everyone
>>>>>>disable opening books ? Or how about pondering, tablebases etc. ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Of course it will be interesting to see them fighting against each other with
>>>>>>single machines, but this was a world championship, everyone should bring the
>>>>>>best he can. The 2 x 2 *2.2 Ghz wouldn't have helped Fruit, in fact it would
>>>>>>have been even a bit slower on it, because each single processor has only 2.2
>>>>>>GHz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Anyway, Fruits performance was of course outstanding. Beaten several of those
>>>>>>hardware monsters and end up as clear 2nd. But don't lower the achievements of
>>>>>>Anthony, Zappa is without any doubt the deserved champ of that tournament.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Greets, Thomas
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Thomas,
>>>>>you are right but, i mean only who have the money for very fast mashines is
>>>>>clear better then other who can not spend so much for fast hardware?
>>>>>
>>>>>that is a question about a reach and poor programmers how engine is the best
>>>>>one.
>>>>>
>>>>>clearly is better a tournament with all engines can MP ond same MP 4 core
>>>>>mashines, with books, ponder and tablebases.
>>>>>or all engines playing on same 1 cpu hardware with book, ponder and tablebases.
>>>>>
>>>>>compare hydra 16 core mashine vs fruit 1 core mashine is not fairly.
>>>>>
>>>>>that is also near if one engine have 4 GB hashtables and the other one have only
>>>>>16 MB hash.
>>>>
>>>>For WCCC, the intent is cleary the strongest chess system that can be built at
>>>>any cost (in the past, what was then supercomputers were entered).
>>>
>>>hmmm... are you mean that on olympic games is doping allowed for high
>>>performance ?
>>
>>No, he means that the WCCC is an event where _anyone_ can compete.  Not college
>>atheletics.  Not high-school only.  But anyone.  Just like the NHRA's "Top Fuel
>>Dragsters".  As many motors as you want, supercharged any way you want, on any
>>fuel you want.
>>
>>This is the "unlimited event" of computer chess.
>
>I might add. Clearly the strongest program will win. :)


No, the "thing" that plays the best chess for the 11 rounds of this event...

:)



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