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Subject: Re: New list WCCC participants and Free Hardware

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 08:23:48 05/29/04

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On May 29, 2004 at 11:18:13, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 29, 2004 at 02:32:20, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>
>>On May 28, 2004 at 16:45:57, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On May 28, 2004 at 15:34:13, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 28, 2004 at 13:25:46, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 28, 2004 at 13:02:56, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On May 28, 2004 at 12:44:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On May 28, 2004 at 12:29:01, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On May 28, 2004 at 10:22:23, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On May 28, 2004 at 08:45:35, Mark Winands wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Author                   Program           Country
>>>>>>>>>>A. Ban and S. Bushinsky  Junior            Israel
>>>>>>>>>>U. Blass                 Movei             Israel
>>>>>>>>>>R. Coulom                The Crazy Bishop  France
>>>>>>>>>>O. David Tabibi          Falcon            Israel
>>>>>>>>>>V. Diepeveen             Diep              Netherlands
>>>>>>>>>>G.B.Garcia               FIBChess          Spain
>>>>>>>>>>R. Huber                 ParSOS            Germany
>>>>>>>>>>R. Hyatt                 Crafty            USA
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I need to start paying better attention I guess.  What the hell is this?!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Oh my..I just got goose bumps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I guess we know the answer to Vincent's challenge to either "put up or shut
>>>>>>>>up"...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If Robert got anything like a 4 way or 8 way manhine, I think we might hear
>>>>>>>>something like "Crafty has won the WCCC 2004!".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Peter
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Crafty will run on at least 4 X 2.4ghz opterons.  Perhaps more.  I'll post
>>>>>>>details as they are worked out, but the 4-way is set now, as a worst-case...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Who is operating Crafty?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Should pull around 8M nps out of book.
>>>>>
>>>>>As a lower bound.  If you check the CCT6 logs, it reached 11-12M many times, and
>>>>>in some endings it broke 16M...
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The funny thing is, no one ever takes Crafty seriously, but I bet I know at
>>>>>>least 2 book-makers who are probably making anti-Crafty books right now.  LOL
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This is gonna be neat...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>It'll be competitive.  Winning is another matter.  Particularly since I have
>>>>>"zero percent chance of winning"...
>>>>>
>>>>>:)
>>>>
>>>>I am sorry to state this, but theorically you have chances and pratically you do
>>>>not.
>>>>Unless your hardware would be at least 10 times faster than Shredder, Junior and
>>>>Fritz. In this case you would have some chances even if not many.
>>>
>>>I'll play your game.  What hardware are you using?
>>
>>We do not know yet.
>
>That's pretty incredible.

Well, not sure yet...

>You have no idea what you will be running on, what I
>will be running on, and irregardless of whatever hardware advantage I may end up
>with, I have no chance?
>
>:)

Well, it will not be 10 times...maybe twice...maybe not hardware advantage at
all.

>
>Sounds like good, sound, logical reasoning to me...
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I know many will not like this, including yourself, but this is what I believe
>>>>and I am not afraid of saying what I think, like it or not.
>>>>
>>>>I am not willing to explain why, so people can criticize as much as they want,
>>>>but I will not change my mind.
>>>>
>>>>To win CCT or another tournament is something else as these are not considered
>>>>of the same importance by the commercial programs.
>>>>
>>>>Sandro
>>>
>>>
>>>Correct.  It is always "some other tournament" that is more important.
>>
>>What I meant is the the real preparation is made for the WCCC. I mean all the
>>improvements plans are made to be ready for that tournament, so in other
>>tournaments the commercial programs would not be fully ready (fully updated) as
>>for the WCCC.
>>
>>>
>>>I try to win whatever ever I play in.
>>
>>I know. We do too, but...see above...
>>
>>>
>>>If you think I have no chances, so be it.
>>
>>I have nothing against you. I told you and respect you and your work. I think
>>you are a very good programmer. but I think the gap is still quite high...
>
>Hardware can narrow _any_ gap of course...
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>I suspect my "reality" is significantly different from yours however.
>>
>>I guess so, too.
>>Mine were "objective considerations" from my knowledge.
>>
>>>
>>>We'll see in a month or two...
>>
>>Well, OK.
>>I hope for you to be wrong.
>>
>>Sandro
>
>Same here. :)



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