Author: stuart taylor
Date: 07:11:51 08/10/04
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On August 09, 2004 at 18:38:03, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 09, 2004 at 17:46:00, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On August 09, 2004 at 15:33:52, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On August 09, 2004 at 13:49:55, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>Well, do people atleast agree with me on the facts, that there has been no >>>>improvement as big as Shredder 7.04 for almost 2 years now, and no percievable >>>>overtaking of it? >>>>S.Taylor >>> >>> >>>I do not agree with this descreption of the facts. >>>A lot of programmers did a bigger improvement. >>> >>>The improvement in thinker in the last 2 years is clearly more impressive for me >>>than the improvement in Shredder. >>> >>>I suspect that a lot of programmers are in their way to overtake Shredder7.04 >>>and I will not be surprised if some of them will even give a free program that >>>is significantly stronger than shredder7.04. >>> >>>Uri >> >>Do you mean improvement in thinking? (or a program named "thinker"?) > >A program named thinker. > >> >>So you are disagreeing with ONE of my points, that there have been bigger >>improvements, but not that something has actually overtaken Shredder 7.04 in 2 >>years.(?) >> >>And you are predicting that by the end of this year there will be a significant >>increase in playing level and success from somewhere? >>S.Taylor > >I do not know much about the commercial programs and the improvement that I see >is with the free programs. > >2-3 years ago a program like resp0.14 or Delfi2.0 could become a champion of new >engines in WBEC >Today a program at that level is nothing impressive and there are new programs >like Naum that are probably more than 200 elo better than resp0.14 or delfi2.0. > >If this tendency continue in 2 years the first program that people release will >be better than shredder8. > >Uri You mean in another 2 years from now? S.T.
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