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Subject: Re: ply search vs elo rating - proposed formula

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 08:10:42 10/22/99

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On October 22, 1999 at 08:30:43, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On October 21, 1999 at 17:06:18, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On October 21, 1999 at 16:05:36, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>>
>>>On October 21, 1999 at 14:23:59, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>>
>>>>IIRC, Amir once said that Junior extends even more aggressively than DB.
>>>>Unfortunately, he didn't get any quantitative evidence or examples.
>>>
>>>I think that common sense can show that this can't be true.
>>>
>>>At 200M NPS, why was DB getting 'only' 12-14 ply in 3 minutes/move?  The reason
>>>is that all the rest of it was extensions.
>>>
>>>At 200k NPS (or whatever it is Junior gets - Even at 400k, it is still 500x
>>>slower than DB), how many ply can it get in 3 minutes/move? 10 ply? 11? (I
>>>really don't know, so someone please enlighten me. :)
>>>
>>>So, even though Junior is at least 500x slower than DB, it can reach comparable
>>>depths _AND_ extend more?  I don't think so.
>>
>>I don't think that's the claim.  Rather, the claim is that for a given level of
>>brute-force search, Junior will generally extend selected lines of play even
>>further than DB.  I think it's clear that Junior's not going to search as many
>>plies full-width, nor do I think Amir ever suggested that.
>
>But Junior _does_ search as many plies full-width.  DB really did do only 12-14
>ply full-width.  I know Fritz often does deeper than this in 3 min/move, Crafty
>can often reach these depths, (I don't really know much about depths of other
>programs, but I suspect most can reach at least near to this depth in 3
>min/move).  This is the dilemma - Where is all the rest of DB's speed going?

It reports something that can be roughly interpreted as half-plies... yes?  You
say it is reaching "28" on the "brute" side?

Dave



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