Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:20:10 08/27/00
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On August 27, 2000 at 01:43:39, Paulo Soares wrote: >On August 26, 2000 at 22:32:54, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>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. >> > >I think any great chessplayer will win any program (PIII-1Gh), in a match of 10 >games in the time control among 30 to 45 min. It is enough to give to the >chessplayer a month of preparation and a reasonable prize. I dare to write that >the chessplayer doesn't need to know with which program he will play. I disagree. If the chess player does not know with which program he will play then he is probably going to lose the match at this time control. Uri
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