Author: stuart taylor
Date: 05:42:14 07/09/02
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On July 09, 2002 at 08:18:35, Peter Berger wrote: >On July 09, 2002 at 08:12:10, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On July 09, 2002 at 07:54:37, Kevin Strickland wrote: >> >>>Results >>>No Name Total Result Name Total >>> >>> 1 Brutus, [4] : Junior, [3.5] >>> 2 Sjeng, [3] 0:1 Shredder, [4] >>> 3 Quest, [3.5] : Diep, [3] >>> 4 IsiChess X, [3] 1:0 Warp, [3] >>> 5 XiniX, [2.5] =:= Ikarus, [3] >>> 6 Goliath, [2] : ParSOS, [2.5] >>> 7 Insomniac, [1.5] =:= Chinito, [2] >>> 8 NoonianChess, [1.5] : SpiderChess, [1.5] >>> 9 Postmodernist, [1.5] : Sharky, [0] >> >>What I never understand is why amatuer programs are sometimes the main >>contestants in a computer championship, but not many comercials (I mean, I don't >>see why the programmer himself need necesarily attend in person). >> And what is even more baffling is that sometimes it looks like an amatuer >>trounces the few comercials which are there. Here too, if not the most extreme >>case, but still interesting is that Brutus seems to tie only with Shredder. >>Junior seems to have not quite made it. >> I know that it's not enough games to prove anything, but from this sampling of >>games does it really mean that Brutus still MIGHT be with the top commercials? >> Atleast, doesn't it look like it might be way better than Genius 3 till 6.5 or >>Hiarcs 6, if not 7, 7.32 or even 8? ( If so, no wonder then that programmers >>sometimes give old versions as freeware. They are nowhere near compatible even >>with top amatuers anymore)! >>S.Taylor > >Brutus isn't really an amateur program. It is a professional project by Chrilly >Donninger, programmer of Nimzo, using special hardware, payed by ChessBase . If >it is successful it will become availlable for sale later. > >Here are some details: > >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=221 Oh that looks interesting!. Is it going to be a hardwrare program available for personal computers? I wouldn't mind paying $3-400 for a device/program which trounces all top PC programs of now. S.Taylor
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