Author: stuart taylor
Date: 16:14:17 12/13/05
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On December 13, 2005 at 09:56:16, Tord Romstad wrote: >On December 12, 2005 at 19:30:50, stuart taylor wrote: > >>It's very interesting, and I don't think it ever happened before, that >>non-commercial programs came out, and became rulers over the commercial ones. >>And not only that, but SEVERAL have now done just that. >> >>How did it suddenly happen all at once? > >It didn't. There has been an extremely high rate of progress in the general >level of amateur computer chess since at least five years, while the old >top professional programs haven't developed much. Sounds bad! Sounds like the proffesional programmers were thinking more about keeping the business going, for as many years as possible [which is a treachory!]. If so, the amatuers might be teaching them a good lesson. And again, if so, I think the best amatuer program can take a full price (and give a small part of it to the 4 runners up [so there shouldn't too many new commercial programs]. S.Taylor > That the best of the >(former) amateurs now catch up with the old commercial programs shouldn't >surprise anybody who has followed the amateur computer chess scene. It is >the natural and expected continuation of a development we have witnessed for >years already. > >The reason why a lot of people here think this has happened so suddenly is >probably just that this forum has never been very focused on the amateur >programs. The amateur computer chess enthusiasts tend to hang out on the >Winboard Forum instead. > >Tord
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