Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 07:28:41 03/16/98
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On March 14, 1998 at 15:33:01, Thorsten Czub wrote: >>So, strong (quantity)? Fritz 5 is strong: scores well = high Elo. > >I don't think it is strong. >Your formula is logical, but not true. Many things in our life are >logical, but not true. > > >>Soul? Well... not my favorite engine for my pleasure. Mchess, Virtual, >>Rebel, Hiarcs I enjoy better. > >This is, IMO , not a question of TASTE ! (Half meant as provocation) It takes a magnifying glass and a cc freak like you and me and all of us here to start talking in absolute terms about fast searchers and knowledgeable programs. They are all Rambos in disguise. For instance Hiarcs 6, the slowest top program. It computes some 15,000 NPS. This is insultingly fast. And they are all much more similar than different in their positional play. I have yet to see a program playing like Capablanca or Karpov, or like any strong player for that matter. No plans. Only ersatz. So yes, it is to a great extent a matter of taste and preference for a given style. We are not talking Bach and Mozart. Rather, we are comparing a Sumo fighter of 180 kilos and another one of 160. One graduated from secondary school and the other didn’t quite finish it. It’s no more than this. Clever Rambos. Enrique
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