Author: Clive Munro
Date: 12:34:37 12/17/04
Rumors are rife about a new stonger dedicated chess computer and I was just thinking, do us dedicated fans really want a new dedicated chess computer that is stronger than the Tasc or Genius? At first I thought of course we do, but do we? After all any dedicated m/c playing at Tasc strength or higher will beat most of us without even taxing its processor. And what would happen. We would just end up playing these m/c’s against each other in much the same way as some of us do with PC programs. While this is interesting up to a point (I do it myself with dedicated units) wouldn’t it be better if we could perhaps expand sideways with extra features instead of strength. How about being able to purchase dedicated units not to increase strength but play like a certain player. Maybe a Spasky or Fischer unit. Research into opening books could be taken from games they played rather than the best tournament positions. As well as giving all of us a good game of chess we could still test old masters against each other. I think that getting dedicated units to play in the style of old GMs rather than trying to match their strength would be an exciting way to go. I know some PC programs try to do this but it is more of a gimmick than a real representation. Clive
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