Author: stuart taylor
Date: 11:29:37 09/02/03
Go up one level in this thread
On September 02, 2003 at 05:30:42, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On September 01, 2003 at 15:05:21, stuart taylor wrote: > >>Maybe this a stupid question, or, immature perhaps, but the truth is it's >>perhaps the most important question in the minds of every one of us here. >>Atleast that is the case with me. >>As far as I can tell, Shredder 8 should be it, because 7.04 is already quite >>convincing, and 7.06 was reported to be even stronger, some months ago. >>So Shr.8 ought to include atleast all of that and more, which would make it >>unlikely that anything else would exceed it. >>Any other likely possibilities (or information)? >>S.Taylor > > For me this is not an important question. I do also not understand > why it should be of any importance which would be the strongest > program in 5 months? I take and test the programs as they come. > And experience show that the difference in playing strenght between > the 3-5 top engines has become very small. It also depends on what > we are talking about: blitz games, tournament games, long time > analysis and so on. > Kurt For me, I mean tournament timings or longer. And, if you say it is not an important question to you because the top 3-5 are anyway very close, one could also argue that the upgrades of the next year aren't always that much difference between them either. S.Taylor
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.