Author: Mark Young
Date: 17:07:06 01/08/99
If Microsoft devoted substantial resources to the creation of a chess playing program, and devoted one year to the project, how would that program compare (in terms of playing strength only) to the best professional chess playing programs on today's market? ** What is the point of this poll question? In a sense, IBM has already done this. If the point of this question were to mean the chess program must be run on a desktop computer, the results would still be the same. It would be better then the other professional chess programs, if that would be the goal for Microsoft. For Microsoft, substantial resources would mean millions of dollars, a team of programmers, a team of computer chess experts (ex. Bob Hyatt), and a team of high rated professional chess players. All working together to meet the goal. With that kind of resources I don’t think the goal of just topping, the best professional chess programs in terms of playing strength currently out would be much of a challenge.
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