Author: Graham Laight
Date: 14:40:59 04/08/01
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On April 07, 2001 at 23:31:18, Uri Blass wrote: >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 In 1994, playing either Genius 2 or Genius 3, on a P90 at G/25, Gary should have destroyed the computer willy nilly. -g
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