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Subject: Re: amateur

Author: kurt

Date: 10:46:15 08/26/00

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On August 26, 2000 at 11:16:35, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 26, 2000 at 10:59:51, walter irvin wrote:
>
>>   has an amatuer program ever one a world championship ?
>
>Yes
>
>Junior4.5 won the WMCCC in 1997 when it was amatuer.
>
>
> if programs like
>>fritz,rebel,tiger,hiarcs,junior,nimzo cant win a title anymore
>
>
>We do not know that they cannot win a title in the future.
>
> .what chance does
>>programs like diep,crafty,sos,lg2000 ect.
>
>
>Diep and Sos and lg2000 are professional program.
>The last 2 are sold in the young talent package.
>
>Uri
>
>I belief the difference between "Pro's" and "Amateurs" at this time,
>is the human guidance / or interference to let engines
>reach sound opening positions. I hope that engine programers
>will see how their opening handed insomniac 2 games etc/etc.
>The reason to be too narrow in openings should not be an excuse.
>Let the ENGINES battle it out with their knowledgebase and depth search   >ability.
>The speed of Hardware may then beome the deciding factor who will win the
>crown of Engines and not as humans do "trap your opponent", which only works  >once.



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