Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 15:34:43 06/27/99
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On June 27, 1999 at 18:11:27, Brett Clark wrote: >There's been a lot of debate on the relevance of engine vs. engine matches >played on the same machine. I'm of the opinion that these matches are >meaningless as far as determining the actual strength of the programs. > >If the Green Bay Packers defeated the Denver Broncos in a game of six man >football, would this mean that the Packers were the better team? I think not. >Only by playing at full strength (11 on 11)could this determination be made. > >Similarly, the only way to tell the true strength of the programs is to play >them on separate, equally configured machines. When the Big Green Bay Packers have luck become the Denver Broncos red cards and than the Bay Watch Packers win. A computer match result on one PC is OK when ponder is off. The engines become 100% processor time and play a little weaker, I think that ponder make 25-50 ELO. Better is 2 machines or Win NT and 2 processor (for WinBoard and the Fritz GUI). That´s right. Kind regards Frank
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