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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