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Subject: Re: Predictions 2006. Post them now and i will repost predictions end 2006

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 04:24:30 12/19/05

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On December 19, 2005 at 06:09:19, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:

>Hi, folks, if we are in a engine Renaissance, then the changes next year could
>be amazing...
>
>
>It might be fun to make a few predictions and then repost them at the end of
>next year, and see who got it right?
>
>Here are my guesses of how strong engines will be, rank ordered based on next to
>no evidence.  (the start elo based on cegt 2627; assumes single processor, 32
>bit processor)
>
>1. Rbyka 32 bit  2880 (+75 points) (or can this break 2900)
>2. Fruit   2820 (+50 points)
>3. Toga II.1  2808 (+50 points)
>
>tie for fourth
>4. shredder 10 (+40 points
>4. Fritz (maybe 20 points improvement, if any)
>
>And Zappa is the wild card. It could appear anywhere.
>
>
>Please reply your predictions if your interested!
>
>best
>Joseph

Somebody - and there several suspects - will raise the bar by >= 150 ELO points
in 2006. All the ingredients are there for this ..

Vas



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