Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 12:35:42 05/29/99
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On May 29, 1999 at 10:09:02, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > >I don't understand how you can seriously give credence to this match when you >are running Nimzo on superior hardware. The advantage of Nimzo on a Pentium 200 >MMX is not to be taken lightly. Regardless, Hiarcs 6 is outdated by Hiarcs 7 and >the Hash tables in Hiarcs 7 is much higher than what you listed for Hiarcs 6. My >main point is that when testing chess programs, you should test them on the SAME >type of computer. > >Regards, >Mel For SSDF, Hiarcs 6 running on a P90 is a known entry with an established rating, and it is used to measure the strength of newer entries (like Nimzo 99 on an P200). Testing Hiarcs 6 on a P200 would introduce a new entry with unknown rating, which would require hundreds of test games. And the SSDF does not have enough resources to do that. José.
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