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Subject: Re: best chess programmers

Author: Frank Quisinsky

Date: 14:35:53 07/20/00

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On July 20, 2000 at 15:15:57, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On July 20, 2000 at 09:10:10, Frank Quisinsky wrote:
>[snip]
>>I think in 2-3 years is not Netherland, Germany or American the Computer Chess
>>Nation number 1, it is France !
>
>I think the German chess programmers have the best chances for leaps and bounds
>of improvements among the amateur engine writers.

Yes, a lot of amateur programs are German programs. And Yace, Comet, Gromit,
Amy, Patzer, SOS are very strong. And we have at the moment a world master :-)

>
>I think you have good points about the incredible improvements of JRCP, and I
>think in 3 or 4 years it might be the strongest program in the world.  But even
>among ameteur engines, it will be a real job to pass Crafty and Ferret, it it
>can even be done.

Yes ...

>
>Similar to JRCP is Yace.  Look at the strength improvements in just a few
>months!

Yes ...
I wait of the next results :-)

>
>It is always possible for someone to come up with something revolutionary (like
>the invention of NULL MOVE).
>
>I think if Phalanx had a really fast move generator, it would be the strongest
>amateur engine.  It is among the top programs with one of the slowest move
>generators.  It's NPS is about 1/4 to 1/6 of what Crafty does.

Phalanx is one of my favorits. The playing style is fantastic ! Other
Winboarders say the version 21 is better than the actual version 22 !
I don't know !

Null Move / Move generator ...
Interesting !

At the moment I am not the expert but I will be learning ...

>
>Predicting the future is hard.  Heck, predicting the present is hard, let alone
>the future.

Yes !

But predicting the future like my girlfriend. I must hear this the long day and
think OK Frank you can write that :-))

Frank



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