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To make it truly interesting (from the algorithmic point of view), these competitions should be limited to a standard machine with no connectivity. Otherwise it
by ihaveajob 13y ago
To make it truly interesting (from the algorithmic point of view), these competitions should be limited to a standard machine with no connectivity. Otherwise it's an arms race.
- trycatch 13y agoIn TCEC all engines run on the same 2x 8-core Xeon. It's WCCC that allows engines to use arbitrary hardware -- e.g. on WCCC 2013 Jonny run on 2400-core cluster, but lost anyway to Junior that used 24-core Xeon.
- saucetenuto 13y agoRight now the chess produced is still more interesting than the algorithms themselves. Once we've hit diminishing returns there, it's likely that they'll realign as you've suggested.