Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 18:20:25 10/05/00
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On October 05, 2000 at 18:37:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 05, 2000 at 17:23:27, Dan Ellwein wrote: > >>browsing through the article, 'A Grandmaster Chess Machine' - 1990 >> >>written by Hsu, Anantharaman, Campbell, and Nowatzyk >> >>was this quote... >> >>"Speed is the key to work now under way at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research >>Center, where the next-generation machine [Deep Blue?] is now being designed. >>It should outcalculate its predecessor by a factor of at least 1,000. The >>machine we have in mind will therefore examine more than a billion positions per >>second, enough to search 14 or 15 plies deep in most cases and from 30 to 60 >>plies in forcing lines. If the observed relation between processing speed and >>playing strength holds, the next-generation machine will play at a 3400 level, >>about 800 points above today's Deep Thought and 500 points above Kasparov's >>rating record." >> >>are there any chess programs today - >> >>Rebel >>Tiger >>Chessmaster 7000 >>Shredder >>Junior >>Fritz >>Nimzo >>Crafty >> >>and others... >> >>that can look 15 to 16 plies in the middle game ( supposedly like Deep Blue >>did)... >> >>thanks >> >>PilgrimDan > > >Nope... > >In a few years, almost certainly, however. Yes I am sure it will as well. In fact, the Rebel Tiger II beta searches quite quickly, and is very strong due to this fact.
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