OS X Chess

[AppleGoat]

Lately, I've gotten back into chess. Given how CPU-intensive Chess is and how much of a sweat my machine works up -- is the challenge of the game in proportion to the speed of the processor? Say, you had two machines, one with a Core2Duo and another with the latest Hawell quad-core, would the computer with the Haswell chip offer a more challenging game of chess?

 

[disasterdrone]

Lately, I've gotten back into chess. Given how CPU-intensive Chess is and how much of a sweat my machine works up -- is the challenge of the game in proportion to the speed of the processor? Say, you had two machines, one with a Core2Duo and another with the latest Hawell quad-core, would the computer with the Haswell chip offer a more challenging game of chess?

In theory. In practice it's likely that the algorithm in that chess implementation is going to be the limiting factor.

 

[AppleGoat]

In theory. In practice it's likely that the algorithm in that chess implementation is going to be the limiting factor.

Thanks -- I thought about the software being the limiting factor. I would imagine a better chip will play faster though.

 

[simon48]

I'm sure the challenge the same. A faster CPU will just allow the computer take less time to decide on its move.

 

[disasterdrone]

I'm sure the challenge the same. A faster CPU will just allow the computer take less time to decide on its move.

Theoretically playing tight time limits with a slower chip might limit the computer's ability to explore trees, but I don't think it's going to be a real issue.