Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:15:57 07/20/00
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On July 20, 2000 at 09:10:10, Frank Quisinsky wrote: [snip] >I think in 2-3 years is not Netherland, Germany or American the Computer Chess >Nation number 1, it is France ! I think the German chess programmers have the best chances for leaps and bounds of improvements among the amateur engine writers. I think you have good points about the incredible improvements of JRCP, and I think in 3 or 4 years it might be the strongest program in the world. But even among ameteur engines, it will be a real job to pass Crafty and Ferret, it it can even be done. Similar to JRCP is Yace. Look at the strength improvements in just a few months! It is always possible for someone to come up with something revolutionary (like the invention of NULL MOVE). I think if Phalanx had a really fast move generator, it would be the strongest amateur engine. It is among the top programs with one of the slowest move generators. It's NPS is about 1/4 to 1/6 of what Crafty does. Predicting the future is hard. Heck, predicting the present is hard, let alone the future.
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