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Subject: Re: Anybody believe me ?

Author: blass uri

Date: 08:09:27 06/07/99

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On June 06, 1999 at 19:28:03, Chuck wrote:

>On June 05, 1999 at 03:55:03, eric guttenberg wrote:
>
>>Tania,
>>
>>I suspect Micheal is right. The results of the games between Fritz 5.32
>>and Hiarcs 7.32 that I have seen up till now show advantage to H7.32
>>but not by anywhere near the overwhelming margin in your results.
>>
>>It is likely that playing the games on one computer influences the performances
>>and leads to unreliable results.  I suspect that Fritz 5.32 and Hiarcs 7.32
>>are not very far apart although it appears that Hiarcs may be significantly
>>stronger.  Not many games have been played though.
>>
>>eric
>
>Your system setup plays into the hands of HIARCS, and I'm sure this affects
>the results to some degree. Fritz relies on large hashtables, it is the way
>the program is designed. A 16 MB hash table handicaps Fritz, even in blitz.


I do not agree that 16 MB handicapps Fritz in blitz
Fritz certainly have not enough time to fill 16 MB in blitz.

I think that even in 30 minutes per game 16 MB are enough or almost
enough(depends on your hardware).

I do not think that there is a big difference.

>For HIARCS this is not a problem, because it does not fill the hash tables
>as quickly (I expect, I have not verified this yet). But one thing I have
>seen is that Fritz really slows down once the hash table fills - this would
>be a big problem for Fritz at very long time controls.

I think that the difference is not very big.
I expect the difference between 16MB hash tables and 64MB or 128MB at tournament
time control for every program to be less than 40 rating points.

Does someone has a proof that I am wrong for Fritz?

Uri



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