Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 07:25:36 08/23/05
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On August 23, 2005 at 06:18:31, A. Cozzie wrote: >Zappa is not really that great at blitz. In fact before the WCCC I did a test >at 5+0 vs Fruit and Fruit won 75% - and I was using 2 processors for Zappa. > >However at 15+5 that score was reversed (of course I was still cheating there :) > >The reason is that Zappa concentrates on getting a deep search by an efficient >branching factor, not pruning/big nps, so it needs some time before it begins to >outsearch opponents. It is a serious chess engine, not a blitzer. > >anthony Bob stated in some posts that a parallel search needs some time to "stabilize" which means it can be weaker in blitz. Do you think this is related to your phenomenon? Was it a joke that Fruit got 75% in 5+0 but only 5% in 15+5? I can't imagine such a difference. regards Joachim
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