Author: fca
Date: 09:40:05 08/06/98
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On August 06, 1998 at 05:35:32, Amir Ban wrote: >By the time Richard gets around to deposing Fritz, it may not be good enough to >be at the top of the list. Making two guesses (first being the "when") who will then be that #1? R10? J6? F6? N99? H7? MCP11? Ferr1?? DiepX??? CCTValX? :-) >Several of us are now beating CG3. Not by *that* much, though, bearing in mind it was out 4yrs ago (assuming no books)? >The real trick, however, was to do it in 1994. Tardis needed now to do that :-) Thorsten is quite right IMO highlighting null-move algorithms as being a significant development.... So, are the days of clever evaluation function being of paramount (#1) software (yes, Thorsten, I know hardware jumps have had a much bigger effect, that's why I put 'software' there so you do not jump at me :-)) ) importance now over? Views anyone... >>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. N.C. Kind regards fca
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