Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 12:28:00 07/30/00
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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 Am I getting the impression that Genius 2 might be better at lightning blitz ? a time control where the programs must move within 1 second or less ? Wayne >genius 3, and not bought newer software since then, I would not have been >missing very much (in playing strength)! >S.Taylor
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