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Subject: Re: Have there been any breakthroughs in computer chess in the past year?

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 16:03:11 06/22/01

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On June 22, 2001 at 13:16:10, derrick gatewood wrote:

>I am not talking about little things that amount to almost no change in playing
>strength.  I am talking about techniques or different algorithms that make the
>program many times faster or make it 100+ points stronger by implementing one
>thing.  I am only talking about software,  not hardware breakthroughs too.
>Thanks for your time.



According to the SSDF list my own creature Chess Tiger has improved by 74 elo
points in approx. 18 months. That's the difference in rating between Gambit
Tiger 2.0 and Chess Tiger 12.0 (with some uncertainty though).

I would not call this a breakthrough, but chess programs are improving, little
by little.

I don't expect any breakthrough in the future, but one thing for sure: last
year's programs are outdated, and it repeats over and over every year.



    Christophe



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