Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:16:28 07/26/00
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On July 26, 2000 at 01:02:43, Mark Young wrote: >On July 25, 2000 at 17:06:01, blass uri wrote: > >>On July 25, 2000 at 15:32:17, walter irvin wrote: >> >>>On July 25, 2000 at 08:16:01, Colin Frayn wrote: >>> >>>>Apologies if this has already been asked - I had a look but I couldn't find it. >>>> >>>>I was just wondering who was going to the World Computer Chess Championships in >>>>London this August. I might pop along a few of the days to watch those with >>>>considerably better programs than ColChess battle it out. >>>> >>>>Nice to have an event just down the road for a change :) (well... kind of) >>>> >>>>Cheers, >>>>Col >>> >>>i think IF crafty was there and IF crafty could get the right hardware crafty >>>would have a real good chance to win it all .of the ones that usually show up >>>junior or fritz ??? shredder will not win ,hiarcs ,rebel ,nimzo will not win .a >>>mainframe will be in the hunt . >> >>In the last 2 WCCC a micro won the championship. >>You cannot be sure that a micro is not going to win again. >> >>Uri > >I agree, it seem that the best programmers, or the ones that I hear about are >working at the micro end. Who else is out there? > >It seems that a well-written program is just as much if not more important then >the big hardware. This assumes you are comparing a so-so program on fast hardware vs a good program on weaker hardware. But suppose _both_ programs are good. Faster hardware presents a real advantage.
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