Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 00:12:14 08/25/99
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On August 24, 1999 at 21:23:59, Terry Ripple wrote: >On August 24, 1999 at 20:46:14, James Robertson wrote: > >>On August 24, 1999 at 20:28:19, KarinsDad wrote: >> >>>On August 24, 1999 at 19:18:15, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: >>> >>>>Are you talking about Bullet against other progs or against humans? >>>> >>>>And by the way : I bet Fritz5 is strongest, cause it is a very fast searcher, >>>>much faster than Hiarcs and Genius. >>> >>>I get confused on this fast searcher is better at speed chess issue. >>> >>>From my understanding, Fritz5 (.32) handles about 10 times as many nodes per >>>second as Hiarcs7.32 (give or take on the same hardware). >>> >>>To me, this would mean that Fritz5 would get 1+ ply deeper, but well below 2 >>>ply. So, Fritz5 would go down about 7+ ply on a fast system in 1 second and >>>Hiarcs7 would go down about 6 ply in 1 second. Does this really correspond to a >>>REAL significant ability considering that it's only one more ply? >>> >>>Doesn't 1 ply only correspond to about 50-70 elo (when you are talking so few >>>ply) and couldn't that be recovered in a lot of cases due to the heavier >>>evaluation in a slow searcher (i.e. there are other considerations than just >>>material gain)? To me, it would seem like the fast searcher would not have THAT >>>big of an advantage. >>> >>>KarinsDad :) >> >>Also, remember that better move ordering makes fewer NPS. So Hiarcs could in >>fact be searching deeper and have a lower NPS. My program's NPS has fallen from >>(if I remember correctly) around 600k/second to about 100k/second and the 100/k >>second plays _way_ better chess, bullet or otherwise. >> >>James >------------ > I read quotes that stated that Hiarcs7.32 is considered by a far margin, the- >strongest 1 min-Blitz player in the world!!! > >Regards,Terry It's merely a marketing statement. Don't take it as having anything to do with the real world (outside the Fritz-interface!) Dave
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