Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:54:27 11/19/00
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On November 19, 2000 at 21:04:45, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On November 19, 2000 at 20:46:48, stuart taylor wrote: > >>We are indeed seeing the new upcoming generation of chess programs (ready for >>2001) losing many games to the outgoing generation (2000). >> And during the past year, we have often seen, even many games sometimes being >>won by the 1999 program aginst a 2000 one. >> But normally the newer generation wins slightly more. Maybe that is largely >>because they were tested over and over again, to make sure of that, before they >>were ever released. >> But how about testing 2001 programs against 1999 ones. Can we be sure that >>2001 would win a vast majority, or even more important, atleast, never be >>convincingly beaten, even if it has to lose the occasional game (against a 1999 >>version)? >> Hiarcs, by the way, as far as I understand, is a 1998 program. 7.0, 7.01, and >>7.32 are the exact same program, and it still holds its own quite well today (it >>would even be compatible with 2001), but it's getting on the lower end, whereas >>in 1998 it was on the top of many rating lists. >> But how is this exactly? and with 1999 in general? >>Maybe Hiarcs 7.** will not be rendered helpless, even by the top programs in >>2005! >>S.Taylor > >I appoint you to do all the testing. Report back here after one week with the >results. I would love to, but I don't have the means at my disposal.
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