Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:08:09 08/22/05
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On August 21, 2005 at 04:00:05, Franz Hagra wrote: >Think that there is a great crisis in computer chess at the moment. Why? What is your evidence of a crisis? >Major aims are achieved > >- programs are better than 99% of chess players That was true in 1995, easily. Now it is probably 99.999% >- comp can beat top level player in matches True, but they will always have increasing competition from each other. > first proved by Deep Blue with an enormous costs > now Hydra much cheaper > next question will be, when this can be proved > with "normal" server hardware, then desktop or > laptop. Compute power expands exponentially. >The "commercials" have realized that there is no chance to earn money with >better playing engines (~30-50 Elo more between two versions are not really a >sales argument for bigger groups of buyers), so they decided to use other fields >(eg. online server). I think that the strongest engine has never been a big factor. CM has always been the biggest seller, but I doubt if it has ever been the strongest. That decision (focus on lots of things besides strength) was made long ago. > >As well I say: > >Congratulations Anthony, you did the impossible and so convincing. Amen. Fruit also astounds. Single CPU blasted multiple CPU programs. Shall we all faint now, or find pillows to land on first? >Hagra
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