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Subject: Re: I wonder how much $ I'll miss (in future Chess computer advances)

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 01:34:21 12/08/02

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On December 08, 2002 at 04:29:23, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On December 08, 2002 at 00:50:31, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>If I keep with my AMD 1.4 (266) and the few top programs which I'll see about
>>within the next 2-3 months.
>
>Withing the next three months you would NOT see much improvement over Deep Fritz
>in (Comp vs Comp)
>
>>I wonder if I'll be missing much during the next few years.
>
>And over the next few years, you will NOT see much improvement over Fritz 8 in
>Computer vs Humans either, except that Fritz 10 might play 50 Elo points
>stronger when facing a human plus another 80 point by using a Xeon or MP which
>is 4x stronger than what it was used against Kramnik.
>
>
>>IF I hang out for a next generation Hammer computer, and the next generation of
>>programs, if written with that in mind, will that give me a great plus over what
>>I have (and intend to have) now? And that would take another year, If I'm lucky!
>> Then I'll want the final hammer version, with the programs of then. That will be
>>about 5 years from now, if lucky. And will THAT be so much greater?
>
>Yes of course, your bank account will be a few thousand dollars more if you save
>that amount every time you think of buying a new computer just for chess, or a
>few hundred dollars if you don't upgrade your system. :)
>
>Pichard

Nice one!
>
>>
>>Now, If what I want is greater insights into chess, OK so I occasionally allow
>>up to 2 hours per move with what I (will) have. That is already more insight
>>than the computer side of the recent Kramnik/DF match, and the upcoming
>>Kasparov/DJ match.
>> Can I be sure that in 5 years from now, things will look so much different in
>>quality of computerchess? Actual quality of insight?
>>S.Taylor



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