Author: Peter Berger
Date: 14:59:09 06/13/02
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On June 13, 2002 at 17:49:26, Bas Hamstra wrote: >On June 13, 2002 at 17:12:06, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On June 13, 2002 at 16:01:37, Bas Hamstra wrote: >> >> >>>Of course there are a lot. Differences between stronger engines are very small, >>>see Leiden 2002. TheKing had slightly outdated hardware, and bang, it sinks to >>>the middle of the field. And numbers 1 and 2 in Leiden ran at significantly >>>faster hardware than the rest, coincidence? Give a strong amateur 2x time >>>advantage and the pro's will lose the last bit of advantage they have. Not many >>>amateurs can beat TigerPalm? Are you kidding? How about 30? Heck, in Leiden >>>Comet rolled 3 pro's up in a ball while NOT being on faster hardware: GT and >>>TheKing and Shredder :-) >>> >>>Best regards, >>>Bas. >> >>Uri is usually very careful with his wording ;). He said that there are few >>programs that can play on a 486 computer and beat Chess Tiger on the Palm. >> >>Afaik there aren't 30 amateurs who could do that, or do you disagree? >> >>Kind regards, >>Peter > >Well, let's say 20, and then I can list em for you :-) > >Yace, Crafty, Ferret, Callisto, Nightmare, SpiderChess, Monsoon, Bringer, >Nejmet, Tao, Insomniac, Comet, Patzer, Xinix, IsiChess, Anmon, GLC, Quark, >Queen, Amy, Amyan, Pharaon, Pepito. I am sure I forgot a few. > >Best regards, >Bas. Of the above I have only tested a special version of Yace in a match against Chess Tiger and it failed - Comet won its match. I also tried Bringer but it won't run on that platform . I am willing to test Tao if you think I am wrong if you can provide a version that will run on a 486 DX 50 with 4 MB RAM .
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