Handicap engine matches

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lkaufman
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Re: Handicap engine matches

Post by lkaufman »

Isaac wrote:To everyone and Larry in particular, what about a handicap with multi pv =100 (or the max allowed). How much elo would this cost, more or less?
I imagine it would cost a couple hundred elo, since we have never spent time on improving the elo of multi pv, since no one tests that way. Still not enough to give Magnus a chance, let alone anyone else.
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Re: Handicap engine matches

Post by Isaac »

lkaufman wrote:
Isaac wrote:To everyone and Larry in particular, what about a handicap with multi pv =100 (or the max allowed). How much elo would this cost, more or less?
I imagine it would cost a couple hundred elo, since we have never spent time on improving the elo of multi pv, since no one tests that way. Still not enough to give Magnus a chance, let alone anyone else.
I see, thank you. :)