Author: stuart taylor
Date: 19:19:36 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 22:01:51, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On August 26, 2000 at 21:08:01, stuart taylor wrote: > >>It's very nice that Shredder won, and it might even prove top if tested on ssdf >>right now. But this is not a last years program, like Junior, Fritz, and Tiger. >> If you urgently need the best program available, in a few weeks from now, then >>maybe you want Shredder 5. But a few weeks after that, it might be something >>else-no? >>S.Taylor > >My friend once told me, "Jorge I thought that the P.C. that you bought in 1998 >was going to be your last one", I simply told him yes it was for that year, but >every year PC are getting faster and every two years their speed quadruples, and >I usually upgrade every two years. The moral of the story is that programs, just >like computers, the longer you wait without buying one, the better deal you get >and performance is quite significant. Finally, at the rate that P.C. chess >programming is advancing and the speed of microprocessors are doubling every 8 >months or sooner, if you really want a chess program capable of beating the >current human world champion simply wait until the year 2006; Since the current >program that you have now is beating you at least 60% of the time, unless you >are one of the best 100 players in the world. > >Pichard. I wouldn't even be surprised if the current computers are beating even Kasparov and his ilk, at least 60% of the time when they sit there trying things out behind closed doors! (and playing blitz). But I think the best time to buy a chess program if you're looking for the best, is soon after the new ones have come out, and the first few tests have been publicized. Around February. Chances are it will stay about the best-till September. S.Taylor
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