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Subject: Re: Let's Compare Genius 3 with Todays PC Programs

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 03:39:30 08/31/01

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On August 31, 2001 at 06:35:08, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:

>On August 30, 2001 at 02:15:53, Derrick Daniels wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Ok, forget about the hardware improments of the last 9 years, how much better
>>is Deep Fritz or Tiger 14 then Genius 2, 3 ?? I have Heard Bob hyatt say that
>>little improvement has been made. From a Chess Amatuer Point of view, seems to
>>me much progress has been made, although genius was strong, it tended to make
>>rediculous moves and was extremely materialistic, it couldn't sacrifice material
>>for positional reasons like modern programs, or is my thinking corrupted by
>>hyperbole? It does seem that today's programs do play much stronger and better
>>chess then 1994, what do you think?
>
>I think that the only way to make it interesting is to play Deep Fritz or Tiger
>14 on hardware that was available at the time of Genius 2, 3. I think Christophe
>develops his engine on a 386, which probably was available back then (but I am
>not sure).
>José.

Genius3 used p90 and p120 for it's matches against kasparov so it means that
using p120 for the top programs of today against the best hardware for Genius3
may be an interesting match if you use turnament time control.

Uri



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