Author: Andrew Dados
Date: 10:26:26 08/30/00
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On August 30, 2000 at 12:44:23, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Dear CCC, > >The recent WMCC was a most interesting event. The level of play is becoming >increasingly intricate and deceptive ie "like a grandmaster". In order to avoid >bitterness and factionalism I suggest that you should try to purchase the top >programs every two to three years. Hiarcs, Rebel/Tiger, Fritz, Shredder, Junior >and MChess are good programs. This is an exciting time. The programs are good >but they still lack grandmaster "finesse". In time we will see such programs >but we are watching the progress and it is fascinating. > >The programs are better than 90% of us (Lawrence Chen)and (Larry Tamarkin) >excluded. Please help the starving computer programmers and sales professionals >and contribute to the further development of these marvellous diversions. > > >BTW In five years from now the standard computer will be the equivalent of an 8 >GHz machine with an internal 2 GHz data bus with the equivalent of 4 GBytes of >RAM and 600 GByte "hard" data storage. The monitors will be plastic with a >diagonal size of 24 inches and a peak resolution of 4000x9000 and a refresh rate >of 200 Hz. I think that you will still have to turn it on but it will be in >constant readiness and there will be no boot up period. Believe it or not, the >machines will still not beat the top grandmasters at 40/2 chess... > .. and the opening of choice will be stonewall. As it was 10 years ago against puter opponent :) -Andrew- > >Tim Frohlick
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