Author: Adam Oellermann
Date: 03:23:52 06/18/01
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On June 18, 2001 at 06:13:27, Jouni Uski wrote: >... any chess engine surpasses DeepFritz / ChessTiger 14 rating by 50 points? >1, 2, 5, 10 years? Any quesses? Then I will again consider to buy new engines! >E.g. Junior7 and Shredder5.32 will NOT be any stronger than above-mentioned >programs - no reason to buy. > >Jouni It seems to me that there are other reasons to buy a chess engine than raw ELO score. Certainly, even Gnuchess is more than strong enough to defeat me handily on my PIII (I guess I might manage 1700 at best); any number of the free Winboard engines would do. However, I do not use an engine merely for its raw strength. Some of *my* criteria include playing style, functionality/options, user interface, coaching, databases etc... I can easily see myself buying an upgrade to a chess prog with the *exact* *same* engine, just upgraded features, because they make playing and learning easier or more interesting. I must say, if I were a commercial chess program vendor, I would certainly work on playing strength, but my primary focus would be functionality/features. Surely, given the incredible strength of modern chess engines on modern hardware, the marketplace of users requiring *even stronger* engines is really only the GMs. Not a profitable target market; it's much too small unless you charge silly prices. This is just my opinion; comments & meditations always welcome. Regards Adam
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