Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:05:26 06/20/05
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On June 20, 2005 at 00:26:57, Uri Blass wrote: >On June 19, 2005 at 23:19:07, Pallav Nawani wrote: > >>On June 19, 2005 at 11:04:24, Heinz van Kempen wrote: >> >>>Hi all , >>> >>>since the release yesterday morning CEGT testers are running a big Fruit 2.1 >>>test with CEGT time control 40/40 adapted to 2 Ghz via Crafty benchmark. >>> >>>So far we did not play with full power but can give 173 games played on seven >>>machines. Christian and Charles this afternoon decided to interrupt their CEGT >>>WCC for a while to give more games and Chris also joined now, so that we are >>>testing currently on ten fast machines. >>> >>>So here is what we have so far with still huge error bars: >>> >>>Code: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Best Regards >>>Heinz >> >>The Elo has fallen by 3 points now, but still in the second place. No doubt >>Fruit 2.1 is the biggest sensation since... well.. Fruit 2.0! >> >>It is nice to have a GPL engine which leaves most of the commercials into dust, >>isn't it? >> >>Pallav > >Suppose you work hard to sell some product and suddenly somebody else give >everybody superior product for free. > >Will you also think it is nice? Probably, some of the commercial engines may get worried. But a commercial chess system is much more than an engine. On the other hand, if they cannot raise the bar as high as the free one, they might get some trouble. Since fruit is open source, they will probably take a look and understand the things that fruit does which are superior. Eventually, the same ideas will work their way into the commercial engines. Note that the code cannot be used, but the concepts certainly can. On the other hand, if Fabien wants to devote full energies to his program, I expect all chess program vendors might get a very big scare. I expect also he will be approached by Chessbase, ChessAssistant, and perhaps ChessMaster as well. Maybe SMK will also be interested in working with him. To me, the current strength of Fruit is a very wonderful thing. I like everything about it, especially Fabian himself. Is it a coincidence that Fabien rhymes with très bien? ;-)
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