Author: Tina Long
Date: 00:15:49 05/22/02
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On May 22, 2002 at 03:03:54, pavel wrote: >On May 22, 2002 at 02:31:07, Tina Long wrote: > >>On May 22, 2002 at 01:46:27, Tanya Deborah wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>I have Genius 5 (For Dos) and also the version for Windows,and i think that >>>these programs still, are very good enough. >>> >>>Somebody know if is true that Genius 5 is the best of the chess genius versions >>>of Richard Lang? >>> >>>I think that Genius 5 is a bit stronger than Genius 3, but still i do not have >>>enough results to confirm that. In my games, Genius 5 is a bit better that >>>Genius 5, but how about Genius 6.5 ???? >> >>Popular opinion is that Genius3 was excellent and that little progress was made >>after that. Some will even say that 3 was best. >> >>My guess is that there is little to choose between them. >> >>Here's a few snips from SSDF 12/01 >>17 Fritz 5.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2552 25 -25 804 58% 2497 >>32 Genius 6.5 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2475 29 -29 565 48% 2488 >>36 Fritz 5.0 PB29% 67MB P200 MMX 2460 23 -22 1005 66% 2343 >>49 Genius 5.0 DOS 46MB P200 MMX 2391 20 -20 1197 49% 2395 >>58 Genius 5.0 DOS Pentium 90 MHz 2329 18 -18 1558 47% 2348 >>61 Genius 3.0 Pentium 90 MHz 2308 26 -25 785 61% 2228 >>64 Genius 4.0 DOS Pentium 90 MHz 2303 23 -23 944 60% 2234 >> >>Observations: >>Fritz is better than Genius by about 70pts (in SSDF Games) >>Genius 5 picked up 62 points going from P90 to P200 >>Genius 6.5 (K6-450) is 84 points above Genius 5 (P200) >> >>> >>>I remember that it has the same strenght or maybe it was a bit stronger than >>>Fritz 5.32. It really was a very good program. Any information about the strengh >>>of Genius 6.5? >>> >>>And.., Somebody can tell me, why Richard Lang abandoned the computer chess >>>world??? >> >>He is still programming CC for the Palm. >> >>I suspect that many of the programmers leave CC due to: >>Personal satisfaction declines as the ratio of Improvement:Effort gets smaller & >>smaller; >>7 year itch - how long can you pursue the one intangable hobby; >> >>Just my opinions, >>Tina Long > > >Here is what Richard Lang had to say about this issue >(http://www.digichess.gr/articles/interview_lang.html) >there are some spelling mistakes in the interview :( all the "ct" has been >converted to "RL" funny though... > > >pavs Excellent, well done, thanks Pavel. I read as "Wonderful goals achieved, little else to be gained." tins ;>}
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