Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 15:05:11 12/05/05
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On December 05, 2005 at 17:44:42, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >On December 05, 2005 at 14:57:45, Zappa wrote: > >>1. Rybka is amazing. I can honestly tell you that just by watching this engine >>play I get better at chess. It's the most human-like engine I've ever seen. >> >>2. I think we all need to send Stefan a big bouquet of flowers this Christmas. >>If someone had told me a year ago that Shredder (#1 by 50-60 elo at the time) >>would have fallen to 6th place on the rating list (behind Fritz, Fruit, Rybka, >>Toga, and Zappa) I would have laughed in his face. >> >>3. Ditto for Vincent, who has always prided himself on Diep's positional play. >>Unfortunately for him an engine has come along that has great positional >>knowledge but also gets 16 ply and doesn't have as many bugs. >> >>anthony > >Anthony, > >thanks! This is a really good time for computer chess. Our engines have all >sorts of problems, yes, but there are new ideas and we are making progress. >Stefan or Vincent may be reading this snickering, with a new version just about >ready to blow us all away .. > >Vas Well said, Vas, on all points. Mark
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