Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 15:19:36 08/26/01
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On August 26, 2001 at 17:33:47, Rajen Gupta wrote: >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 Rajen you hit the nail right on the head, I also believe that the hardware difference is the main advantage NOT the Software and you did an honest comparison to compare Fritz 5 or CM 5555 to Deeper Blue. Pichard
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