Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 05:10:54 09/20/02
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On September 20, 2002 at 04:50:19, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On September 20, 2002 at 01:06:12, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>Hi Thorsten >> >>It is high time that you let us know the sensational results of your Mchess >>settings on the basis of some hundred games played. Some single games say >>nothing at all. Interesting to hear from you. >>Kurt > >Kurt - 100 games. Do you have an idea for how long >my machines (although i have 2 pairs) would have to work ??? > >1 games takes between 4h and 8 hours depending on the move number. > >Maybe YOU have that time. :-))) > >I can only spent 10 or 20 games. Than i have to do something else. > >IMO it is obvious that although Mchess8 is from 1998, >it is still capable to play good games. > >Only that the hash-tables are limited to 64 MB and >there are only stephen edward tablebases. Also the book may >have a difficult time against todays books. > >but all things together would be no big deal to >change IMO. > >But Marty seems to be completely overworked in the moment. >He has to do other jobs. > >Thats the pity, that his computer-chess-programming stage has been >destroyed once by mean-business men, who betrayed him. Since that >time he had not enough TIME to work on the program. > >But the program itself is still very good and has something NO >other program has. > >I think Andreas Wutzke (who designed his so called "Gepard"-style), >Sandro Necci and my Manichäer style show this. > >Thats a result of the capitalistic system. its a fight. >and only those survive who made the right decisions in capitalism. >No matter how talented or genius they are, capitalism is >killing them when they make wrong contracts. > >IMO business is different than programming computerchess. >And not everybody who is good in programming computerchess >has a good hand for making contracts. > >It's a pity. And it's not Marty's fault. > >I think Marty still has many "fans" who like his program. >I am sure one day - when he finds the time - he will come back. > >As long as that is not happen, we have to look back and thank >him for the programs he gave us over the years. Mchess was an enrichement >in the computerchess scene, and i miss it. > >I will play more games. But consider that the games are 40/120 >and that it takes some time. >Especially when the autoplayer crashes or stops in the night >when i cannot react because i am sleeping. > >Best wishes to all Mchess-Fans ! Hi Thorsten You are of course right in so far as this all is a very time consuming matter. But if the so far strongest MChess-setting would have been published earlier, the world chess community could have made its own testing and we all would have reliable data. Best wishes Kurt
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