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Subject: Re: Bravo for Vasik and someone get Stefan and Vincent some Prozac

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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