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Subject: Re: To christophe theron regarding ct.

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 04:25:35 04/11/03

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On April 11, 2003 at 04:03:10, Ed Schröder wrote:

As i said in a private email to christophe.

he should keep his mouth shut about SMP. he claimed in
kramnik qualifier to have a dual version of Tiger.

Well where is it?

Diep *is* good in middlegame. It is playing best moves in middlegame simply,
especially when getting a few hours a move.

That's not the same as winning games as you know. corr players can determine the
openingsstrategics themselves. no problems.

But let's get focussed towards the discussion.

it is christophe who needs a cold shower here.

do not say A then B.

Don't get the same in that way!

>On April 10, 2003 at 12:44:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>i show up at 500 processors world champs 2003 to name one.
>
>Reality check: We are hearing you say such things since 1996, actually at that
>time you said you had the best program on longer time controls, what a joke as
>Diep never won one serious title. You are a gifted programmer with strong
>passion for computer chess but so now and the you need a cold shower. Having
>said that a little bit of respect for you fellow colleagues can't hurt also.
>
>Take care Vince,
>
>Ed
>
>
>
>>other is that i don't need to waste my time with forward pruning because i get
>>already a factor 2 nearly out of SMP.
>>
>>>Have you won any tournament thanks to it? Has it improved your image, the
>>>perception of quality in the eye of your future customers? How much money (=fuel
>>>to continue improving your chess engine) have you made from it?
>>
>>It definitely will.
>>
>>Noomen has brought you a few victories at quick levels. Well done Christophe.
>>
>>>How can you justify that it has not been an almost complete waste of time?
>>>    Christophe
>>
>>History will forget you. History won't forget me. You will see soon. So far SMP
>>was just a factor 1.5 speedup for most and 1.8 to 2.0 for some.
>>
>>But coming years the difference will be way more. Factors 4.0 to 8.0 will not
>>get uncommon. Just read my lips.
>>
>>In my case how about 500 cpus at europes fastest supercomputer for
>>computerchess?
>>
>>Now *that* is a bigger sales argument than you might think Christophe. Let's not
>>publicly discuss sales. But you know what i mean. I bet you want to exchange all
>>those tournament victories for just one shot at the title at a world
>>championship which simultaneously is also a shot to playing the FIDE world
>>champ!
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Vincent



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