Fixed depth games/tournaments

[braeburn]

We all know that the strength of a chess computer depends on the software and on the hardware it's running on. The principal reason why dedicated cc's lose out to PC software programs.

So I have been wondering whether you can eliminate the hardware effect by running fixed depth games.

For instance if two computers both have fixed depth level of, say, 6 ply then a tournament could be very interesting.

Anyone any experience here?

Or is it simply pointless?

[NIKBRS]

Hi Bernard!

I played my novag sapphire vs engines and I had resulted interesting for the computer chess.

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "São Paulo - Brasil"]
[Date "2007.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novag Sapphire (4 ply)"]
[Black "Amyan (4 Ply)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]


1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd2 Nb4 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. Qe1 d6 11. h3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qd2
Be6 15. Kb1 Rad8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rc1 Bf7 20. Qxc7 fxe4
21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Bc4 b6 23. Rhd1 Rc8 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bb3 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Rd6 27.
Kc2 a6 28. Be3 Kh7 29. Bc4 a5 30. Kc3 Bf6 31. a3 b5 32. Bxb5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Bxd5
34. Bc4 Bc6 35. b4 axb4+ 36. axb4 Bd8 37. b5 Ba5+ 38. Kb3 Bb7 39. Be6 Kg7 40.
Kc4 Be1 41. Bd5 Bc8 42. b6 Ba6+ 43. Kc5 Ba5 44. Bxe4 Be2 45. Kd6 Bb4+ 46. Kxe5
Ba5 47. Bc5 Bc3+ 48. Bd4 Bxd4+ 49. Kxd4 Ba6 50. Ke5 Kf7 51. Kd6 Kf6 52. Kc7 Ke5
53. Bd3 Bxd3 54. b7 1-0

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "OEM-69DC8F17E23"]
[Date "2006.12.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novag Sapphire (4 ply)"]
[Black "Hermann (4 ply)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3
Nf6 8. O-O-O d5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 f5 12. Qc4 Qd6 13. Be2 Bd7
14. Rhe1 b5 15. Qb3 Qxh2 16. Bf1 Qf4+ 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. Qd2 c6 20.
Bf3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rc8 22. Qd4 Kh8 23. Qxa7 cxd5 24. Qd4 Be6 25. Kb1 Bf7 26. Qe5
Qd7 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Qd4 Qc7 29. Qd3 Qd7 30. Be2 Ra8 31. Qd4 Qe8 32. Bf3 Ra4 33.
Qd3 f4 34. Bxd5 Bh5 35. f3 Bg6 36. Qc3 Ra6 37. Re1 Qd8 38. Qc5 Rd6 39. Re5 Qh4
40. Qb4 Qf2 41. Qc3 Rd8 42. Kc1 Qg1+ 43. Re1 Qxg2 44. Bb3 b4 45. Qxb4 Qxf3 46.
Qe7 Qa8 47. Bf7 Bxf7 48. Qxf7 Rf8 49. Qe7 f3 50. Rg1 Rg8 51. Rf1 Qxa2 52. Rxf3
Qa1+ 53. Kd2 Qxb2 54. Rd3 Qb6 55. c4 Qa5+ 56. Kc2 Qa2+ 57. Kc3 Qa5+ 58. Kc2
Qa4+ 59. Kc3 Qa1+ 60. Kc2 Qa6 61. c5 Qc4+ 62. Rc3 Qa2+ 63. Kd1 Qd5+ 64. Kc1
Qh1+ 65. Kd2 Qd5+ 66. Rd3 Qa8 67. Rd7 Qf3 68. Qf7 Qh3 69. Qd5 Qh6+ 70. Kd1 Qe3
71. Rd8 Qg1+ 72. Kd2 Qf2+ 73. Kd3 Qf1+ 74. Ke3 Qe1+ 75. Kf3 Qf1+ 76. Kg4 Qe2+
77. Kg3 Qe3+ 78. Kg2 Qe2+ 79. Kh3 Qf1+ 80. Kg3 Qg1+ 81. Kf4 Qf2+ 82. Kg4 Qg1+
83. Kf4 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "OEM-69DC8F17E23"]
[Date "2006.12.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novag Sapphire (4 ply)"]
[Black "RomiChessP3j (4 ply)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 Nb8 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qd4 e3 8.
fxe3 Bxc2 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. Qe5 Qc8 11. Nb5 Ng4 12. Nxc7+ Kd8 13. Qd4 Nd7 14. Nxa8
Qxa8 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e5 18. Bg5 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 Bd6 20. Nf3 Ke8
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qf5 Nd7 23. Ng5 f6 24. Qe6+ Be7 25. Qf7+ Kd8 1-0

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Antonio Marques

[brianr]

Engines often count depth (or ply) very differently, making it a practical impossibility to run an "equal" depth match.

To account for speed differences, some testers adjust the search times instead.