Author: Uri Blass
Date: 20:31:18 04/07/01
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On April 07, 2001 at 18:25:44, robert flesher wrote: >Hello everyone i downloaded Chess Genius 2 last night. Do you mean to the Dos version or to 2.016? I must say that anyone >who likes genius this is a must. I find the interface that comes with Shredder >is rather poor with a slow mouse response. However this interface is fast and >simple. For strength i tested it Against good old hiarcs 7.01 30 min each. I >expected Hiarcs to destroy genius as this is a old program. After Three games 1 >draw two wins for genius. You can imagine my shock. Did you use one computer for the test. I ask because I have doubts about tests on one computer because one program may be slowed down by a significant factor. I know everyone This is not >enough to draw hasty conclusions, although it shows that even old GENIUS2 can >hold its own to newer commercial programs. Maybe this shouldnt come as a >surprise as it was this same program that beat Kasparov himself in in 1994 at an >intel speed tournement. No Genius2.9 that is almost identical to Genius3 won kasparov in 1994. Kasparov was wrong to think that he is playing Genius2 and I guess that this is the reason that he lost. Uri
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