Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 01:30:15 06/23/01
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On June 22, 2001 at 19:57:56, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On June 22, 2001 at 19:03:11, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>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year's programs are outdated, and it repeats over and over every year.
>
>Not sure why hardware "doesn't count" anyway.
>
>But consider:
>
>Suppose you get 50 ELO per year from hardware. A very reasonable supposition.
>Suppose you get 50 ELO per year from software. A very reasonable supposition.
>
>Hardly revolutionary. But in one year those two small advances would change
>[for instance] a 2400 IM to a 2500 GM if a human could do it.
>
>And in ten years? **shudder**
I'm not sure I can improve my program by 50 elo per year for ten years in a row.
:)
Christophe
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