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Subject: Re: 30 rounds tournament Hiarcs 7.32 agains Fritz 5.32 2/40, 1/20, rest 30m

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 02:56:28 07/16/99

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On July 16, 1999 at 01:51:01, Tina Long wrote:

>On July 15, 1999 at 21:04:39, Chuck wrote:
>
>>On July 15, 1999 at 20:52:37, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>
>>>According to the formula for Fritz, the amount of megs for hash tables should be
>>>144 at 40/2 and on a 400MHz processor. This formula is stated in the manual for
>>>Fritz, and I would say that 64 megs is quite insufficient at your time control
>>>and processor speed.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Mel
>>
>>So what? It is not the publics' fault that Fritz was programmed with such
>>specific hardware limitations (that it's search is so affected by less than
>>gargantuan hash tables). IMO, to fairly test 2 chess engines they should be
>>running on equal hardware, i.e., uniform platforms. And the hardware should be
>>relatively top-notch but commercially available and reasonably affordable. It
>>should NOT cater to the specific desires of 1 programmer so he can tweak his
>>engine for the match. This is exactly why Fritz is not the best choice for most
>>chess program purchasers, because it slows way down when it runs out of
>>megabytes of memory.
>>
>>Chuck
>Rubbish,
>Hash or no hash Fritz still plays extremely strong.
>It will search quicker & a BIT deeper with the optimum hash.
>Who are you to say Fritz is not the best choice for purchasers?
>It's number one on ssdf http://home3.swipnet.se/~w-36794/ssdf/  with 64 meg RAM!
>
>Hi guys
>Tina Long

Uau!!! Wise words, Tina.

Paulo Soares



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