Author: blass uri
Date: 02:39:24 01/03/00
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On January 03, 2000 at 03:25:35, Bertil Eklund wrote: >On January 02, 2000 at 07:08:32, Rajen Gupta wrote: > >> >> >> >>>>> Doubling the speed of the engine is supposed to produce an increase of about >>>>>60 elo points. >>>> >>>>I do not think that this assumption is right against humans. >>>> >>>>Uri >> >>>> >>>Why? >>> >>>Bertil >>Hi all;i think the answer is best summed up by what bob hyatt has been saying >>all along-ie a chain is only as strong as its weakest link and in the case of >>computer chess this weak link consists of lack of long range and startegic >>planning and lack of positional understanding-once this weak link is identified, >>it can be attacked by a good enough chess player anfd further increases in >>computer hardware wouldn't make much difference.in computer vs computers on the >>other hand are playing to each others strenghths rather than weaknesse so >>hardware increse would show up significantly-i think this has been pretty clear >>from the inability of rebel to have a plus score against grandmasters >> >>rajen > >Hi! > >Mr Hyatt has already answered on this with two tongues, yes. He admits though, >that his Crafty on quad Xeon is better than his Scrappy on quad Pentium Pro. > >When did it happened that the increase of speed stopped programs from playing >better? With the step from 286 to 386, from 386-486 or is it the step from >Pentium to Pentium2 or perhaps Deep Thought on one, four or sixteen cpu´s. > >Bertil The increase in speed did not stop programs from playing better but Hyatt found that the difference in rating elo against computers is bigger than the difference in rating elo against humans. Uri
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