Author: martin fierz
Date: 04:21:53 11/15/03
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On November 14, 2003 at 14:10:27, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >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? i guess if i knew the answer to exactly these questions i could answer my original question by looking up the corresponding ratings in the SSDF list - but i don't know those answers either :-( cheers martin
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