Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:22:17 03/15/04
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On March 15, 2004 at 15:34:07, Tord Romstad wrote: >On March 15, 2004 at 14:29:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Well, the good news is that Steven's last name is not Botvinnik. :) I suspect >>that he will eventually produce something, unlike the "Pioneer" project that >>produced reams of promises and faked results... :) > >I haven't read any of Botvinnik's papers, but my impression is that his >contributions to computer chess are criticized more than he deserved. It >seems to me that he was a man far ahead of his time, inventing deep and >original ideas which nobody, not even Botvinnik himself, was able to >implement effectively at the time. > >Today, finally, two of the most interesting and rapidly improving chess >engines are based on Botvinnik's ideas. > >Tord His ideas were fine, although I don't know about "2 of the most interesting, etc" The problem was in his invalid data he presented in the JICCA...
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