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Subject: Re: Re Have You noticed funny thing in London WMCCC results?related question

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 01:45:06 09/05/00

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On September 05, 2000 at 04:32:47, Tony Werten wrote:

>On September 05, 2000 at 03:09:28, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On September 05, 2000 at 03:00:39, Tony Werten wrote:
>>
>>>On September 05, 2000 at 02:28:09, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>
>>>>After 9 rounds, we had commercial programs at place 1-7 and free/amateur engines
>>>>at place 8-14! So may be only real conclusion after London is, that amateurs are
>>>>amateurs and pros are pros...
>>>
>>>I noticed it when playing. There are very big differences, specially in the
>>>finetuning of the eval and the openingbook.
>>>
>>>These take so much time, that it's almost impossible for an amateur to keep up.
>>>
>>>You can even see the splitup among the amateurs, amateurs working solo and the
>>>ones working with more people ( or at least having a professionel book, tester).
>>>
>>>Tony
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Jouni
>>A related question, Are there amateur programs which are more profound and
>>intrinsically qualitative (besides the fact they they lose, for reasons of
>>certain types of imperfections)than any of the proffesional comercial programs?
>
>Maybe, if I could understand the question. Could you please rewrite it for
>non-native english speakers ?
>
>Tony
>
>>S.Taylor

Are there any amateur programs, which are EVEN BETTER than ALL the proffesional
programs. (Even if they lose more times, maybe they still have better knowledge
and understanding).
Is this good enough now? if not I can TRY to explain again.
Thanks,
S.Taylor



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