Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 03:17:41 06/27/04
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On June 27, 2004 at 06:15:15, Sandro Necchi wrote: >On June 26, 2004 at 12:38:36, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >Fernando, > >>Sandro: >>Of course for you this issue is altigether different. You are a professional >>developper of professional propgrams. That's OK. I am just making a comment, >>BTW not very original, about howe irrational is this continous purchasing of >>stronger programs AS IF we were all here GM trying to get, at last, an engine >>capable of matching our wits. >>Take into account, also, that I am myself a sinner in that. I talk from the >>walkside of sin. I am preaching with my pants off and the dick hanging as a >>bell. > >When I started to switched all my knowledge and ideas into chess programs both >by giving suggestions to the programmers from the engine point of view and to >build always stronger opening books I had 3 main aims: > >1. To be able to contribute to create a stronger program than the stronger human >player. > >2. To beat be part of the team which would have achive that goal by beating the >stronger human chess player in a regular match at long tournaments games using a >"std." hardware; I mean something that can be purchased. > >3. To contribute to develop stronger programs able to help the chess players to >improve their play by owning and using such program. > >So, even if I am trying to switch the chess game from humans to computers, one >of my aim is to help chess also to become more popular through the chess >programs and players to get more interested to play stronger. >A sort of a dream would be to be able to own the strongest chess player and to >be fashinated by his way to play. > >Unfortunately we are far away from that, but if we keep working on this we may >one day reach such result! > >For points 1 and 2 I have to wait Kasparov availability to match us! > >I hope it will happen soon, so I keep working on this to get better and >better... > >Sandro In other words: Quando ci capita tra le mani gli facciamo un mazzo cosi!! I apology for who does not know the Italian language, but it is not easy to translate in English without loosing some meaning! Sandro > >>But, from time to time, as alcholic does, I like to examine and punish my >>chessholism as I do also with my bibliopholism. >>You can bet I will continue purchasing new programs, as anybody here. >>Abnd Steve Blincoe will purchase for ever old computers. >>And Rex will get new cars. >>And so on. >>Come on, women, I am womeholic, also >>ferdinan IV
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