Author: James Robertson
Date: 23:07:07 09/30/99
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On September 30, 1999 at 16:50:33, Peter Kappler wrote: >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). This kind of falls apart when you see the amazing lightning results Hiarcs 7.32 is having against all other program, Fritz included.... James > >All my opinions, of course... > >--Peter
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