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Perhaps, 1400 1460 1480 1490 1500 is a fairer spread. I notice some
difference between Beginner and Master, but none when moving up/down
one level.


When I move up a level, I soon begin to notice that
I am slowly aging, and while I wait for the program
to make its next move, I ponder the meaning of life,
calculate the distance from Earth to the Sun, and
retranslate Fischer's MSMG into algebraic notation.
;D



Increasing a chess engine's analysis time from 5s to 10s has more
impact on its results than increasing it from 60s to 120s--the law of
diminishing returns.


True, there is a loss with each increase in depth, but
Sanny's program is still in the early stages, where the
loss is smaller. Right now, I am playing the "Normal"
level and in the opening and midgame, the program
looks only 7 plys deep!


In August, when it was 1300 and he was claiming it was 1500, he said
his engine was strong because I took me 42 moves to beat it. Now it's
perhaps 1400 and he's claiming it's 1600. The more things change, the
more they stay the same.


Sanny's comments must be taken with a bag of salt.
(Warning: don't try this if you have high blood pressure;
instead, use potassium chloride as a salt substitute.)


Last night (this morning, actually) I was so tired I
unwittingly left my Queen en prise against Sanny's
program. "No problemo", as the Terminator would
say; I eventually won anyway.

Are you serious?? I would like to see that.

http://www.getclub.com/playgame.php?...982&game=Chess

Sanny's program was annoying me after a very hard day
at work, and a long night, and I fell asleep at the wheel.
My wireless connection makes the waits between moves
almost unbearable, as the program goes back and forth,
seeming to make no progress whatever.


I get the feeling, when the computer merely defends planlessly, I
should be able to formulate a plan and destroy it... but that's one of
my weak areas.


I wouldn;t know anything about weak areas, since I haven't
got any. ;D

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