Author: Gordon Rattray
Date: 05:42:23 04/19/00
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On April 19, 2000 at 04:49:28, Tony Werten wrote: >On April 19, 2000 at 02:39:21, Mark Schreiber wrote: > >>I also agree, this is great for computer chess fans. We need more strong >>tournaments to allow computers. Then we can get more accurate rating. This is a >>win for everybody. Players make more money. The program gets publicity. What >>hardware will Fritz use? I think Fritz has a good chance to win. > >It's using a quad. That's about anything I could find out yet. The following questions are due to my limited understanding... I presume by a "quad" you mean a 4 processor machine? I thought that Deep Juniour was the only program (commercial) that could take advantage of such an architecture?! So, why run Fritz on it? Gordon > >Tony > >> >>On April 18, 2000 at 19:20:11, Bas Hamstra wrote: >> >>>On April 18, 2000 at 05:17:49, Jouni Uski wrote: >>> >>>>If this really happens (I am sceptical), I think this is the most interesting >>>>human-computer event in history after Kasparov - Deep Blue! After this we really >>>>know how strong Fritz is. No statistical calculations needed at all, only the >>>>result counts... >>>> >>>>Jouni >>> >>>I agree, it's great. The dutch chess community is furious though...Chess >>>journalists don't stop to point out how scandalous it is and why Paul van der >>>Sterren is a true hero for refusing to play Fritz (it will cost him the point). >>>"What next", they ask, "next year a blind player to attract publicity?" >>> >>>:-) >>> >>> >>>Bas Hamstra.
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