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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