Author: Chris Carson
Date: 15:26:58 08/17/00
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On August 17, 2000 at 16:49:07, walter irvin wrote: >On August 17, 2000 at 13:00:29, pavel wrote: > >>On August 17, 2000 at 12:39:13, Chris Carson wrote: >> >>>On August 17, 2000 at 12:10:32, walter irvin wrote: >>> >>>> i wonder how fritz6 on a 1 ghz would have stacked up vs hitec or cray blitz or >>>>for that matter deep blue ???????ok maybe deep blue is a stretch , but hitec or >>>>cray blitz ???? >>>> >>>> also with the new computer world championship commimg up year 2000 .i wonder >>>>how the world champ from 84 or 85 would do in this years tourny ????? have >>>>things really got that much better????? >>> >>>Ok, I'll bite. :) >>> >>>My opinion (take it with a grain of salt because we cannot match up >>>the programs). :) >>> >>>1. Fritz6 (PIII 1GHZ) vs Hitec (1989 hardware) Fritz6 wins +200 ELO >>>2. Fritz6 (PIII 1GHZ) vs Cray Blitz (1989 hardwar) Fritz6 wins +200 ELO >>>3. Fritz6 (PIII 1GHZ) vs Deep Blue (96&97) DB wins +200 ELO >>>4. 2000WMCC vs CrayBlitz (1986 WCCC) 2000WMCC wins >>> >>>Hey, it's just my opinion. :) >>> >>>Best Regards, >>>Chris Carson >> >> >>right its more 'realistic'........but to tell the truth we will never know. >>so even discussing about it is quiet 'useless' >>unless you get some first hand, real life matches between these machines and >>programs...... >>which is almost impossible.... >>so we are still nowhere.. >> >>pavel > >true but im starting to think that the big hardware is over rated .when was the >last time a mainframe won a world championship .its always a pc program . See: http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-comp.htm 1989 Deep Thought (+5,0,0) was the last big iron to win (Miphisto X scored 3.5 and tied for third with Hiarcs and Cray Blitz). The smaller micros have won the rest: 1992: Chessmachine (Schroeder) 1995: Fritz (Morsch/de Gorter/Feist) 1999: Shredder (Meyer-Kahlen) Big Iron representatives: Hiarcs 1992, Zugzwang 1992, DT/DB 1995, Star Socrates 1995, Zugzwang 1995, Cilkchess 1999, P.Conners 1999, Zugzwang 1999 Best Regards, Chris Carson
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