Author: ujecrh
Date: 20:51:11 07/29/00
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On July 29, 2000 at 23:21:08, stuart taylor wrote: >According to chessbits new rating list, genius 3 rates at 2589! >I remember that genius 4 was a bit slower and possibly rated at slightly less >because it was the first windows version. But really!!!? couldn't genius >6.5 have caught up with genius 3 yet? Even if genius 6.5 IS using windows, after >3-4 further upgrades, is windows still all that debilitating? > >Also, by the way, It looks like Fritz 6a shares top place on that rating list >with Deep Junior with 2698. Whilst DJ has error margin of -35 (fritz6a has minus >much more) =2663, genius 3 has error margin of +80=2669. So it is still even >possible that genius 3 is still the top program available today. > > Why has it been ignored all these years? only because of windows, and human >tendency at fooling oneself? > >Progress has at any rate been very very slow! If I would have stayed with my old >genius 3, and not bought newer software since then, I would not have been >missing very much (in playing strength)! >S.Taylor The switch to Windows is probably not the main reason why genius4 appeared a bit weaker, in fact I remember that Richard Lang's programs were criticized because they were too passive so the author changed that in version 4 to have a more active game. The change was probably good against humans but not against other programs, at least that's what was said when Genius 4 was released. Not everybody is fool and many people here still consider Genius as one of the very best engine. Ujecrh
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