Author: Mark Young
Date: 18:02:51 08/29/99
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On August 29, 1999 at 20:34:52, walter irvin wrote: >i wish you were not right , but you are .pondering on can make huge difference >.one case would be . >1. program A makes a predicted move by program B .the time control is 30 sec >move ave .program A in this case used 45 sec ,program B moves instantly ,just >for this game lets say program B plays a different move than predicted by >program A .now program A is forced to start from scratch #1 burn more time #2 >allow program B to look further and further ahead .now depending on a programs >ability to prdict the other programs moves and the simplicity of the position >.it could turn out to be worth as much as 200 + elo ,especialy when you factor >in time trouble .there are lots more situations where this could create problems >.so i guess 1 machine is not a real way to test program elo . pondering worth 200+ elo! :)
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