Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 09:16:38 10/12/05
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On October 12, 2005 at 04:35:38, Joachim Rang wrote: >On October 12, 2005 at 03:52:51, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On October 12, 2005 at 01:27:26, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On October 12, 2005 at 01:10:39, Martin Andersen2 wrote: >>> >>>>From Chessbase: >>>> >>>>" This afternoon I have been given the latest analytical aid, Fritz 9, which, it >>>>is claimed, is around 100 Elo points stronger than the previous version. If >>>>true, it is a giant leap for siliconkind" >>>> >>>>Of course if Fritz 9 is 100 Elo points stronger than Fritz 8, it should be at >>>>2883 (SSDF), and probably better than Fruit. But how likely is this based >>>>on preliminary tests ? >> >>Fruit2.1 is at the same level of Fritz8 bilbao >>Most customers probably do not have Fritz8 bilbao and Fruit2.1 is probably >>slightly better than Fritz8. >> >>Fruit2.2 is 50-100 elo better than Fruit2.1 so it make sense to think that >>Fruit2.2 is 100 elo better than Fritz8 >> >>Fritz9 is near the level of Fruit2.2 based on CEGT results so I see nothing >>wrong with the claim. >> >>>> >>>> >>>>Martin. >>>> >>>> >>>>http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2676 >>> >>>Not surprising. I guess that the Fruit advertizing budget is $0.00 and Fritz at >>>least a few hundred thousand. >> >>When I told in the israeli chess forum that Fruit2.2 is 50-100 elo better than >>Fruit2.1 then one of the response was that not a lot of people will pay 35$ for >>the minor improvement from Fruit2.1 to Fruit2.2 >> >>Uri > > >Hi, > >That is interesting. In fact it shows very well the reasoning of the average >customer. It is not illogically after all, although we freaks all know that >50-100 Elo is a great difference in an engine. For the price of a nice lunch you can get what might be the best chess analysis engine in the world. Fabien's time should be worth at least $150/hour [guessing 1700 hours total time invested] and so I guess that you are getting a quarter of a million dollars worth of work for $35, which is something of a bargain. If you really need the best answer to a particular chess problem (e.g. you are studying an opening for novelties, you want to analyze a position for correspondence chess, etc.) then the price seems small to me.
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