Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:26:38 05/31/00
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On May 31, 2000 at 15:45:25, Joshua Lee wrote: > >>Some 'perspective". In 1973 chess 4.0 was searching under 1,000 noded per >>second. The fastest it ever searched was 2,600 nps running on a cyber176 in >>1976. >> >>I don't think _any_ program of today would lose to any program of the 1970's >>as the hardware advantage of today's machines is simply far too great. > >I've been meaning to ask you since your field is computer science, if you had >read Botvinnik's Computer's Chess and Long Range Planning? It seems to me that >nobody used Misha's approach to their program. I don't think pioneer played any >games but did possibly mephisto follow in it's footsteps so to speak? I have an autographed copy of the book. It is an interesting read, but I have never found any way to use any of the ideas in a real chess program. He autographed my copy at the 1983 WCCC event in New York City.
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