Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 14:15:32 09/30/98
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On September 30, 1998 at 13:57:52, Alessio Iacovoni wrote: >On September 30, 1998 at 13:25:58, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>On September 30, 1998 at 05:36:03, Alessio Iacovoni wrote: >> >>>I have Fritz 16 bit and Hiarcs 16 bit. There is a great fuss around the 32 bit >>>version and the wonders it will offer. Now.. since it will not be compatible to >>>Hiarcs 16 engine I will not *ever* buy it... But the question I wanted to ask >>>the list is of a more general sort: these engines (Crafty, Fritz, the so called >>>"fast" ones but also the more positiona ones) rely heavily on the hardware >>>supported.. so in terms of playing strength, is it worthwile to buy a new engine >>>that is say 50 points stronger than the preceeding one? couldn't the same >>>strength improvement be achieved with a hardare upgrade that would have the >>>added bonus of raising the performace of windows and other programs as well. >>> >>>So the question is: why bother and buy the latest engine when the one you >>>already have could be just as strong with some minor harware improvements (say >>>+16 or +32meg of memory to increase hash tables). >>> >>>Also I have a doubt? Is the overall elo increase of SSDF lists due to better >>>hardare adopted in testing or to just software improvements? What's your >>>opinion? >> >> >>Dear Alessio: >>The sheer fact you come here and post and read post about chess computers is the >>answer: you are amad as a horse like all of us. Why, then purchase newer >>software? Because in our madness we are in delight when a new package arrives >>Fernando > >Yeap.. that a good answer.. yet I guess it has to do with "consumerism" and >"desire of potency" rather than sheer love for chess... I mean.. if it wasnt >chess it would probably be backgammon.. or something else... Desire to own the >fastest computer, the best chess program, the one that can analyse more nodes >per seconds available, isn't all of this awfull.. should'nt we all try to fight >this.. stick to our program until we really need new features or stronger >engines? Personally I admire those perhaps eccentric weirdos that stick to their >old 486 because it's still doing the job they need it for. As to me and my chess >playing.. I started playing 6 months ago and since I'm hooked to all of this >"chess" stuff it seems i'm making a step backwards.. the fact that one owns a >very strong chess computer is "warping" because it instills a very subtle >laziness in one's mind.. we tend to believe that the program we own is somewhat >connected to ourselves.. while it isnt.. but at the same time i'm learning a lot >from my Fritz... so .. I don't know.. I'm quite confused Fernando... Well, then let me give you the light of my huge intelligence :-)) Of course the most sound way of living -known since the times of Epicteto and before- is just to use what we really need. And in some areas of life that's truth and feasible. I am a lover of music -classic and jazz- and I still use an old sound equipment of the 70's. Why? Because I deemed that what I have is enough good to lessoning music and so I am not goint to expend a buck in something else. The same with cars: we have two cars in my home, both old, one of them a very old Renault 4-S, you know, that kind of station wagon that now nobody uses in France neither in my country. BUT when chess is involved, I indulge a lot more. First, because it is not that expensive after all. And second because I have really improved a lot my playing strenght and that suppose different programs with different styles. You cannot be all your life playing Amir's Junior not matter how strong it is; probably you will get bored of the same style, opennings, etc; so you nedd to change a little and then play CM5000 or Rebel or CSTAL. And so and so. Besides, to be sound and rational in all aspects of life is the most hidden and dangerous kind of madness. You become unhuman. You become a monster. A klittle bit of not too much exoensdive madness is very good for health. And so, although I have maybe 30 or 40 programs, all tops included, tomorrow I will go to Miami and the first I will do will be.-...you know what... Salute a l'Italia Fernando
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