Author: James Robertson
Date: 12:38:56 11/18/99
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On November 18, 1999 at 14:34:24, Dann Corbit wrote: >On November 18, 1999 at 14:06:35, Joshua Lee wrote: > >>Hello i was wondering who out there in CCC land is rated the highest would care >>to do an experiment? If so set Hiarcs 7.32 to a ply depth of 1 and go from >>there.... play lets say 4 to 10 games at each ply depth and write down your >>results. This would really tell us all possibly how strong at what ply the comp >>is. This way the speed of the computer is irrelevant. > >It should be necessary to play at least one hundred games even to get a feel for >it. *Especially* at those extremely shallow depths. > >I suspect all top programs will be about the same for a given ply. This is not true..... if a program does more extensions then another program, it 'sees' more with each ply, but each ply takes longer. For instance, a game with 8-ply Fritz and 8-ply CM would be a pushover for CM because it sees a lot more with each ply. James >What this >interesting experiment would provide is a stronger measure of a program's >positional analysis because those programs that forged stronger positions would >prevail while those which rely purely on tactical prowess would fail. > >However, it would take a lot of work to run it. On the other hand, at shallow >ply depths, the moves would happen quickly.
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