Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 13:50:33 09/30/99
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On September 30, 1999 at 14:35:25, Charles Unruh wrote: > > In the past i thought faster hardware would benefit slow searchers like >Chessmaster more than fast searchers like Fritz. Now i'm more inclined to >believe that it makes more sense that faster hardware benefits fast searchers >more. For the reason that positional ideas are for the most parts moves made >from practical experience/knowledge, that we can't always quite calculate. >However, faster hardware gives programs the ability in many instances to >actually be able to calculate the result. So although i think Chessmaster is a >truly awesome engine especially against programs running up to 233Mhz I expct >that on a P450Mhz it will come in 3rd or 4th. As a general rule, faster hardware should favor the "slow" searchers. This is especially true at blitz, where search depths are relatively shallow, and every extra ply makes a huge difference. Chess System Tal is a great example of this - it's relatively weak at blitz(Fritz would kill it) but pretty strong at 40/2 (probably about equal to Fritz). All my opinions, of course... --Peter
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