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Subject: Re: A Question for Robert Hyatt

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 17:19:52 09/11/99

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On September 11, 1999 at 20:05:14, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On September 11, 1999 at 19:50:11, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>On September 11, 1999 at 16:07:47, odell hall wrote:
>>
>>>On September 11, 1999 at 15:27:43, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 11, 1999 at 14:05:12, Leon Stancliff wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Robert,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  I have been speculating for a long time on what would take place in a match
>>>>>between the top ten computer programs running on easily available machines and
>>>>>the top ten chess players in the USA.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I have been playing my Hiarcs 7 program on a Macintosh G3 at 275 Mhz. It plays
>>>>>almost even with both Data and Singacrafty on ICC.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I have assembled the following list of computer programs from such sources as
>>>>>the SSDF list and the Selective Search list. In your opinion, would Data,
>>>>>Singacrafty or Crafty deserve a position in this list?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   Hiarcs 7.32
>>>>>
>>>>>   Fritz 5.32
>>>>>
>>>>>   Chessmaster 6000
>>>>>
>>>>>   Nimzo 99
>>>>>
>>>>>   Chess Tiger 11.8.2
>>>>>
>>>>>   Junior 5
>>>>>
>>>>>   Rebel 10
>>>>>
>>>>>   Shredder 3
>>>>>
>>>>>   Genius 5
>>>>>
>>>>>   MChess Pro 7
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   Let's assume that each is running at about 550 Mhz on a single CPU.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   MChess Pro 7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I wouldn't venture a guess.  If you put crafty on a quad xeon 550, it can beat
>>>>_any_ of those programs.  On equal hardware I really don't know as I don't play
>>>>on 'equal' hardware.  :)
>>>
>>>
>>>  Oh yes!, i would love to see the results of crafty verses the top programs on
>>>equal hardware, It would be interesting to see how it would measure up.
>>
>>Ok, I think the right "equal hardware" should be 16-CPU Alpha 21264. Or (if it
>>happenes that some programs will not run on Alpha), a 8-CPU Xeon.
>>
>>Eugene
>
>Sounds good to me! :-)
>
>Do Intel Paragons consist of x86 chips?
>
>Dave

I beleive it's not SMP platform.

Eugene



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