Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:34:41 10/31/03
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On October 31, 2003 at 12:16:54, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 31, 2003 at 11:51:33, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On October 31, 2003 at 11:39:39, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On October 31, 2003 at 11:36:18, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>It does not make sense to use different hardware for different stage of the >>>>games because nobody is using chess programs in that way. >>>> >>>>It make sense to use different software for different stages of the game. >>> >>>I remember switching machines once for endgame analysis, because one machine >>>was marginally faster but didn't have EGTB. >>> >>>So there :) >>> >>>>You can think of Cyborg composed of parts also as a product that you can buy. >>>> >>>>People are interested in the question what is the best software that they can >>>>buy. >>> >>>_That_ is correct. People aren't interested in 'whatever mix of packages that >>>costs alltogether a lot of money can I put together so I have a huge mess that >>>can play chess well' though. >>> >>>-- >>>GCP >> >>I do not think that it cost together a lot of money >>prices became cheaper and good hardware costs more money so knowing that >>chessmaster+kure book can top the ssdf may encourage people to buy both of them. >> >>Uri > > > >In this case the SSDF guys must be prepared to invest 10^43 years of work. After >all, now they have to test every possible combination of opening book, engine >for the middlegame and engine for the endgame. > >And what about engines that are supposed to be better in open positions? > >Mmh... > > > > Christophe I do not say that they have to test every combination and of course it is impossible. I only say that there is nothing to complain about if they test a combination that is not a product of a single company espacially if a lot of people are interested in it. In the relevant case it is clear that people were interested in testing chessmaster and I think that they were not interested in testing it without learning or without book. Uri
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