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Subject: Re: CCT4: Winner Deep Junior 7 and ......Quark

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 03:38:23 01/28/02

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On January 28, 2002 at 06:12:02, Amir Ban wrote:

>What are the obvious reasons ?

Test resources in simple terms. Both in terms of time and manpower, eg.
testgames and capable book creators. Something that increases in importance as
the engine becomes stronger. Not to mention the support from an organization
like say Chessbase. Some of the current commercial entries doesn't necessarily
have all that. They will ultimately fall behind (IMO).

>Both Junior & Shredder won the world championship as amateurs. If by
>"professional" means "having resources to do computer chess" then I guess Crafty
>is the most professional program today.

I have no idea if Bob fiddles with Crafty all day. Somehow I doubt that. Either
way, the difference between optimizing a commercial engine and providing an
accessible amateur is one purpose against multi-purpose. The level of (intended)
efficiency is vastly different IMO.

BTW, congratulations on the win.

Regards,
Mogens



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