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Subject: Re: The chess board has semi-precise 64 squares; the universe is different

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 14:02:32 11/06/00

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On November 06, 2000 at 16:09:49, Jonathan Lee wrote:

>From what I have seen "the history of computer chess", there has been quantum
>leaps.  In other cases, to evaluate chess positions that don't have an ending is
>like the universe.  How do you measure imprecise positions (on the chess board
>or the universe)?
>The common denominator among human versus machine at about 5 GHZ when the
>machine loses is that both sides have their queens and lots of pawns.  Of
>course, there is the horizon effect, but put it very simply make the game
>"complex".
>Hardware quantum leaps are called Moore's Law.
>Software quantum leaps in the 21st century, I don't know; software might come
>from larger opening and endgame libraries.
>Expect more hardware improvements than software improvements.
>Jonathan (86th message)

I disagree and I expect that software improvement will give 50% of the
improvement.

Uri



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