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

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 00:34:54 06/24/01

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On June 23, 2001 at 16:09:07, rc richards wrote:

>On June 23, 2001 at 04:30:15, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure I can improve my program by 50 elo per year for ten years in a row.
>>:)
>
>Think positive and work hard and you never know what might happen.  If you're
>lounging around in the Caribbean drinking beer and chasing women, no, it's not
>going to get better.


But that's EXACTLY what I'm doing since 6 years now, and my program keeps
improving... :)

Tell me, is it the beer, or the caribbean girls? ;)



>  But if you work hard and put your mind to it, you might
>come up with something as revolutionary as Gambit Tiger.
>
>Quit resting on your laurels and get back to work.  And cut down on the time
>you're wasting on these boards.  A few minutes here and there is fine, but you
>can't be coding when you're dilly-dallying around here all day.


I just spend a few minutes here each day. I need to keep in touch with the
community, and this board is just fine for this.

Now I'm gonna have some beer. :)



    Christophe



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