Author: William H Rogers
Date: 11:03:52 10/20/98
It was written years ago by some of the leading chess experts that the day would come when improvement in chess programs would come to a stop, as the men who wrote the programs were only looking for faster machines to improve their programs. The left out opening books (mega sizes), and end games, etc.. What I propose would be to set some limits on programs, at least in competition to the following examples; not to say that these are the final numbers. All programs would be limited to say 10 moves deep in their opening books and end game books limited to maybe 4 pieces left on the board for each size. Thinking on the opponents time is allowed as that is a major part of the chess programs thinking. Another idea is to limit the moves to a certain ply depth. This would make all programs more equal as to machine speed. In my opinion, if and when, ideas of this nature are set as a standard, we will once again see major chess improvements in programming and that is what it is suppost to be all about. Even if a single person sets these perimeters, if they can, the true strenght of the programs can be really realized. This is just one man's opinion, but I think it is a starting point.
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