Author: Amir Ban
Date: 02:35:32 08/06/98
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On August 06, 1998 at 04:28:14, fca wrote: >On August 06, 1998 at 02:40:42, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>I have given up my hope that he comes back into chess-scene. >> >Richard _is_ working seriously and full-time on the 32 bit engine, intended to >be significantly stronger than CG5 on modern hardware. I concede that in terms >of pure playing strength (ignoring books), the difference between say CG5 and >CG3 was not more than between R8 and R9. Richard is well aware of these sorts of >views. That is why there is a delay. When it arrives, and I believe it is not >imminent, the intention is to depose Fritz from the top of the list. Richard >has been #1 for *far* longer than anyone else. Underestimating him or his >persistence may be unwise, therefore! > By the time Richard gets around to deposing Fritz, it may not be good enough to be at the top of the list. Several of us are now beating CG3. The real trick, however, was to do it in 1994. >BTW it is I/O (for a _true_ Windows product, unlike CG5 for Windows) that is >also slowing down development. > There were reports from Ossie Weiner that the first test version of CG6 was shelved because it was not faster than CG5. Having to start over sounds like a big slowdown to me. Amir
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