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Subject: Re: all time greats

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 03:10:16 11/04/00

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On November 04, 2000 at 03:51:21, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 04, 2000 at 00:47:04, Andrew Dados wrote:
>
>>On November 04, 2000 at 00:00:04, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>
>>>>By your definition I would say that Richard Lang's programs between 1985 and
>>>>1992 are the all time greats.
>>>>
>>>>They are still an incredible challenge to many amateur programs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Christophe
>>>
>>>I totally agree. We have benefacted from the experience of earlier acheivements,
>>>just as the rest of the world has.
>>>
>>>To say that today's programs are the best of all-time, is a slap in the face of
>>>the older generation of programs. Nothing has been proved. Today's standard are
>>>so much higher than they were back then. There is really no comparison.
>>
>>Most important thing is processor speed / memory sizes programs were
>>written/debugged and intended to run. For me all time greatest is definitely
>>Genius. Get a 486/33Mhz and try it against any of todays top programs. I put my
>>money on Genius...
>>
>>-Andrew-
>
>I suggest that you try 4 minutes/40 moves on fast hardware that is eqvivalent to
>120 minutes/40 moves on 486/33Mhz.
>
>I guess that Genius is going to lose against Gambittiger or Fritz6a.
>
>Uri

I tried it 2 or 3 years ago on equal hardware and Genius lost to the top
programs of these times quite badly. I think that Genius was also one of the
secret machines tested by the SSDF and came out over 100 Elo points under the
top.

Enrique



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