What's Your Engine's Maximum LMR Reduction?

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Re: What's Your Engine's Maximum LMR Reduction?

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Adam Hair wrote:
cdani wrote: I'm not convinced also about using much stronger opponents. They tend to smash your engine much by search capability and less by chess knowledge. Anyway your point of having stronger opponents of course is an advantage.
Don Dailey recommended using stronger opponents with time handicaps. This makes testing more time efficient.
Yes, we used to give Robolitto or its successors half time to give Komodo equal chances. Times have surely changed. Now we would win even giving them double time.
Komodo rules!