Author: Alessandro Damiani
Date: 10:33:35 01/03/06
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On January 03, 2006 at 10:18:52, Stefan Schiffermüller wrote: >So many chess engines became so strong last year. I suppose the reason is the >open source code of Fruit. Now every more or less talented chess programmer can >build an engine that is at least as strong as Fruit. (Take the Fruit code and >change it, that it can not be called a Fruit clone.) Very talented chess >programmers could be even stronger by combination of the Fruit knowledge with >their own experiences. I believe, if the Fruit code were not open than Fruit >would be strongest engine now and Shredder were the second. > >Please understand me correctly. I want only express that the author of Fruit is >the real hero of this revolution in computer chess. I dont want to degrade the >achievments of other authors. > >Best Regards >Stefan Schiffermüller Of course the reasoning "every engine released after Fruit which makes a big jump in strength must be based on Fruit" is nonsense. Competition is not sleeping and waiting for open source engines. Alessandro
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