Author: CLiebert
Date: 01:13:44 07/20/01
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Still one point: >Do you really believe that any wb-engine can compete with tiger/fritz on the >long run?! I believe that the difference is so miniscule that in play or coaching 99.9999% of the people who buy chess programs could not tell if they were playing against crafty or fritz or chess tiger unless someone told them. All they would know is that the chess engine clobbers them or that the chess engine can suggest much better moves than they can come up with by themselves. Probably, Chess Tiger and Junior and Fritz are 100 ELO above Yace and Crafty. I am guessing that half of that is opening book, but maybe that is an exaggeration. Anyway, that difference is inconsequential to the one who purchases the program. I also think that crafty could be configured on a 64 CPU machine in such a way that it would dominate any other chess engine on the planet. Of course, that has no commercial significance. OK I understand your point. But would you admitt that thinking like this would mean that every development in computerchess-engines could be canceled, because nobody asks for the progress of a new tiger, shredder oder fritz?! This isn´t my opinion, because every progress is still faszinating. As well as the differnce of 100-150 Elo between amateurs and profis. Few years ago I played simultan against GM Matthias Wahls in Hamburg (ok, I lost quite fast, not my day...) and we talked about chess and elos. I asked him what it means if he has to play against a player who is rated 50 elo points higher than himself. He said "50 Elopoints are world but I woud try the best"... Regards Christian
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