Author: John Stanback
Date: 17:34:10 11/16/00
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On November 16, 2000 at 13:24:25, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On November 16, 2000 at 09:07:23, walter irvin wrote: > >>to me programs fall into 2 list bean counters and knowledge based . >>bean counters >>fritz >>junior >>nimzo >>lg2000a >> >>knowledge based >>shredder >>hiarcs >>rebel >>tiger >>diep >>crafty >>king >> >>now you would think that the knowledge based programs would destroy bean >>counters .but that is usually not the case .bean counters are some of the best >>and strongest .which makes me wonder if trying to put so much knowledge in a >>program really makes it better .i think that depth of search would count for >>more than knowledge . > >To me, they fall into two categories, A-M, and N-Z. I think that the balance of >power has favored A-M (Genius, MChess, Fritz, Hiarcs), but over time we are >seeing an increase in strength in N-Z (Shredder, Tiger, Nimzo). > >My personal favorites are mostly A-M programs, and my own program is definitely >an A-M program (Ferret), but I do have a few sentimental favorites in the N-Z's >(XXXX). > >The A-M's also include the top mainframe programs (Deep Blue, Hitech, Cray >Blitz), and the best open-source program (Crafty), so all in all I think that >A-M is still doing better than N-Z. > >bruce I believe that the future of computer chess clearly lies in the N-Z programs. In fact, I think the most strongly N-Z will ultimately dominate.... :) John
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