Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 12:59:50 07/15/04
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On July 15, 2004 at 15:42:33, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >On July 15, 2004 at 15:36:47, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On July 15, 2004 at 13:21:48, Martin Slowik wrote: >> >>>Whoops, >>> >>>lucky me mentioned the name Ed Schroeder only together with the adjective >>>'talented'... ;-) Didn't know that you're still around, still being interested >>>in computer chess. >> >>Being retired from competion and commerce doesn't mean my interest has gone >>away. >> >> >>>Since I have you here now, if you allow I'd have a question that is nagging me >>>(and some other folks who are still playing dedicated chess computers). >>>Hopefully you remember the times of the Risc I and II modules for the Mephistos >>>roughly... Is there a big difference between the two, i.e. do you remember what >>>you changed or to what exent in the later program version? There are people >>>thinking that the first version is even stronger than the second, do you believe >>>this is possible? >> >>The Risc-II is 40-50 elo points stronger. I still know it because the difference >>was just one instruction. >> >> >> >>>>The USCF has about 50,000-60,000 paying members which is quite low if you >>>>compare that to pinhead Holland which has about 30,000. >>> >>>Well, I intentionally didn't mention Fischer and the popularity of chess in the >>>US, since I think that this is alomst an exception to the 'Becker-effect'. Okay, >>>in the first years Bobby did attract many people but I think the effect would >>>have been bigger or have lasted longer in almost any other country. Perhaps this >>>is due to the cultural differences between Europe and America: if you can't earn >>>a lot of money with a sport/game it gets dropped very quickly by the people >>>(even though Fischer changed the salaries of the pros in a very significant way >>>- alas it's not comparable to the salaries of basketball players). ;-) >>> >>>>>in Holland the answer must be related to Euwe... >>>> >>>>Obviously. But chess was already quite popular here. >>> >>>Yes, and I think even the extent nowadays is astonishing. >> >>>But what I don't get is the lack of russian chess engine programmers. They have >>>both, excellent chess players and very good programmers - but so far no top >>>engine if I'm not mistaken. >> >>I agree, the lack off Russian chess programmers is unexplainable. >Does several percent of code in majority of strong chess engines count as at >least one engine? :-) Really Eugene, I did not know you are of Russian descent. But the answer to your question is still "Njet" :-) My best, Ed
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