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Subject: Re: Wanted: Deep Blue vs. today's top programs recap

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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