Author: Rajen Gupta
Date: 14:33:47 08/26/01
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On August 25, 2001 at 20:47:44, Mig Greengard wrote: >Sorry to dredge this up yet again, and ignore this rather than turn it into a >flame war or something worse. I know feelings on this topic can run hot. > >Although we do not have enough of Deep Blue's games to make anywhere near an >accurate assessment of its chess strength, I am requesting a summary of thoughts >on how today's top programs measure up on a science level. In the past I've seen >some admirably objective breakdowns on this topic from Bob Hyatt and a few >others, but did not save them. > >Put Deep Fritz, or other top programs, on the best available platform on which >they can run, and I imagine this is what they will have in Bahrain, and knowing >what we do about DB, what comparisons can we make? > >Subjective arguments (chess knowledge in particular) are also welcome, but >should be concise as opposed to argumentative! > >Thanks, Mig > >Editor-in-chief >http://www.kasparovchess.com hi mig; i think deep blue searching 200 million positions per second vs deep fritz searching at most 3-4 million would clobber the hell out of deep fritz any day(or night) the hardware is one factor in the equation and i think the software was at least as good as what the best programmer of the day could produce(ie fritz5; cm 5000 level) imagine fritz 5 or cm 5555 running on hardware that is 40 times as powerful vs deep fritz. it would be a no contest. rajen
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