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Subject: Re: what was for CC advancement in the last years: hardware or software?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 11:10:27 11/14/03

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On November 14, 2003 at 12:26:53, martin fierz wrote:

>we all know computer chess has evolved a lot over the last years. the top
>programs are now battling (and beating) the very best players on the planet.
>mainly through consistency, but sometimes also with non-materialistic moves that
>computers would IMO not have made a few years ago (...Bxh2! by junior against
>kasparov, ...OO! giving up the exchange by fritz yesterday).
>
>question: is this progress more due to hardware or more due to software
>advancements?
>
>or in other words: if you took a top program of today (e.g. the current
>fritz/shredder/junior) and ran it on 5-year old hardware against a 5-year old
>fritz/shredder/junior version on today's hardware: which combination would win?

What was state of the art but affordable PC hardware in 1998?

What were the best programs (and versions) in 1998?

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GCP



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