Author: John Coffey
Date: 00:01:37 10/01/98
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On September 30, 1998 at 23:50:05, odell hall wrote: >I have a modest question, Does anyone know if genius 5 running on a 486 100mhz >computer would defeat in a ten game match any dedicated chess computer? I am >extremely curious Since you ask if "any" dedicated chess computers would lose then the answer would be "yes." Recent experience has shown that Chess Master 4000 is quite strong (at least master) running on a 486 66mhz and even a 33mhz machine. I suspect that a 100mhz machine running a strong program would beat almost every dedicated chess computer, although the top models using Risc chips might win. (Recently I saw a model for a few hundred dollars claiming to be in the 2400 to 2500 range.) I used to have a Fidelity Designer 2265 chess computer (which was a pretty weak master at best.) As good as it was, it wasn't even close to the strength of Chess Master 4000 running on a 486 66mhz. A friend of mine played them against each other about 3 years ago, and he described the event as "no contest." Unfortunately I don't have the games. Presumably Chess Master 4000 won every game. I was a bit surprised by the result as I expected the dedicated unit to do better than that. Computers are so common now, that even out-dated bargain basement computers make good chess opponents. I have to wonder why anybody would buy a dedicated chess computer (save for portability.) John Coffey
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