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Subject: Re: the fastest chess engine still available free!

Author: Alessio Iacovoni

Date: 02:41:29 09/30/98

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On September 30, 1998 at 05:32:13, Danniel Corbit wrote:

>On September 30, 1998 at 05:24:43, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>I still haven't found any faster chess engine than Fritz4.01. Fritz5 and
>>Nimzo98 come near, but can't beat Fritz4.01 in my P90. I have tested in about
>>700 test positions - this is no 10 - 30 positions result.

This strenghtens my belief that there software improvements do not substantially
modify the strength of a chess engine (the fast ones especially), whereas
hardware improvements and books can. See my post "Why bother and buy new chess
software".



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