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Subject: Re: Request for CEBoard and PocketGrandmaster

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 11:24:47 01/16/06

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On January 16, 2006 at 13:50:03, Frank Schneider wrote:

>On January 16, 2006 at 11:31:53, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>Would you make it so that it might be possible to *automatically* test a program
>>against a PC program? That way one could really test how weak or strong the PPC
>>program have become.
>>
>>                                          Albert
>
>Hi,
>
>I think it would be possible to develop a Pocket PC to PC autoplayer, but it
>would take some time.
>IMHO, it is possible, to accurately determine the strenght of Pocket PC programs
>on a PC. Many Pocket PC engines are identical to their PC versions, so there
>only
>remains a difference in nodes per second, hashtablesize, and probably tablebases
>(which seem to have very little effect on practical playing strenght on a PC).
>You only need to reduce the speed/thinkingtime and hashtablesize of a PC engine
>to make it play like it's Pocket PC version.
>
>Best,
>Frank

That would only work for ponder=off though.

                              Albert



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