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Subject: Re: Last SSDF Rating List

Author: James Robertson

Date: 09:53:02 03/29/99

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On March 28, 1999 at 16:03:08, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:

>I'm impressed with the performance of CM6K, although I believe that the first
>position is somewhat overrated. I think between place 5-10 is more realistic.
>And that's an upgrade already from my former opinion, rating it somewhere
>between place 5-15.
>
>I played Fritz5.32 against CM6K at a fixed ply depth and they drawed. But Fritz
>5.32 only took 2 minutes and CM6K took an hour (59 minutes) to complete the
>game. I know that node speed isn't everything there is, but given the same
>tactical insight the fastest engine will be the best. Or are there different
>opinions?
>
>My system is a P2@400MHz with 128Mb SDRAM.

Why on earth is one game convincing you that CM6k is worse? The very first 40/2
game my program played against TCB it won. Does that mean that it is better?
After several more games, I very quickly I found that it does not.

James

>
>Jeroen ;-}



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