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Subject: Re: Mchess is back ! more games soon...

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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