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Subject: Re: What are the different Hardwares participating in the WMCCC ?

Author: Mark Young

Date: 00:47:25 08/18/00

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On August 17, 2000 at 21:59:37, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 17, 2000 at 17:22:18, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>We only know about Dr Hyatt computer since he annouces it 5 days ago. But why
>>Chessbase does not announces what hardwares they will be using and the same for
>>other with good possibility of winning such as Chess Tiger 12.9 and Shredder 5.
>>They need to bring the best hardware possible that can match Dr Hyatt Alpha
>>system, since Crafty has proven to be playing a la par with the very best
>>ptrograms using comparable hardwares.
>>
>>Pichard.
>
>
>I don't think our alpha is going to turn out to be very fast.  I think we
>will be doing maybe 400K nodes per second.  A shame, but there was little time
>to try to get a "real good alpha"...
>
>It will still 'play chess' of course. :)

If 400K is all you will get you may do better with a fast PIII, but crafty at
400K is still a contender.



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