Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 00:42:44 12/16/05
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On December 15, 2005 at 16:15:06, Andrew Wagner wrote: >On December 15, 2005 at 16:07:10, Stuart Cracraft wrote: > >>Recently two programs came upon the scene and astonished many >>with their great results. >> >>Why do you think they do better, specifically? > >A very good question. If I were able to ask Vasik one question, which I doubt he >would have time to answer at the moment, it would be whether he did anything >radically different (different heuristic(s), algorithms, etc.), or if he just >did what everyone else is doing, better than they did it. Andy, I will just end up teasing you by answering this. :) As far as I know, Rybka has a very original search and evaluation framework. A lot of things that have been dismissed by "computer chess practice" can in fact work. In addition, there is vast room for further improvement. If I could get a team of let's say four smart people to work for four years full time (and this of course won't happen), the engine could be improved by probably 500 rating points. Vas
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