Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 19:32:54 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 22:19:36, stuart taylor wrote: >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). I believe current chess programs like Fritz and shredder are capable of beating the best 5 players in the world in time control between 30 to 45 Min per side, using pentium III 1Gh. Pichard. > 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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