Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 04:45:37 10/06/01
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On October 06, 2001 at 02:05:37, Joshua Lee wrote: >Well if Anyone knows what version WChess is that drew Deep Blue This never happened. So there is no version to know. Wchess drew with Deep thought in either 1993 or 1994 (the last two ACM events). DB didn't play its first game until 1996. There were no ACM events after DB was finished. > , How would that >Compare with Top Programs? Mr Hyatt said it was on a PA chip which is a 64bit >CPU as far as i know, how fast is that compared with the 1200Mhz Athlon? This is scrambled a bit. Zarkov was on the HP chip. Not wchess. The PA is faster. But also significantly more expensive. > >Anyhow programs like Wchess,Zarkov, Nimzo3, and Virtual Chess Though to quote >several different people from a response to my post on positional play were >among the best at that. Hiarcs 7.32 obviously is not going to be number 1 on the >list but how about the others? Not number 1 but wouldn't the faster speed make >up for their age. I am mainly curious how far the positional monsters have to >go to compete with the Tactical demons and especially that Wchess that drew i >would guess that it has to be very similar to the one on the list , can you say >to draw Deep Blue it has to be within 396 points so if program X on the list >beats Wchess by 800 points (i don't think any program on the list can ) you >could say despite weather you think programs like deep fitz are better that they >are atleast in the same ball park.
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