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Subject: Re: Rybka >3000 elo as author = IM

Author: Stuart Cracraft

Date: 14:59:15 12/18/05

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On December 16, 2005 at 07:34:11, Uri Blass wrote:

>On December 16, 2005 at 07:31:12, adam wilks wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>Considering Rybkas author is an International Master(IM). Is it logical to
>>conclude that implementing chess knowledge in to his engine is somewhat easier
>>and less tedious job than Stefan, Fabien, Chrilly, Amir, Ed, Robert ect or is
>>there a programming skills tradeoff? If Kasparov learnt chess programming and
>>used his knowledge to effect would we expect his engine to be top of the ratings
>>? It`s only the author`s first version and the 3000 elo barrier is surely
>>expected to be broken by future Rybka versions. Unless Junior 10 or Tiger 16
>>beat Rybka to it. Is there going to be a Junior 10 or Tiger 16 out ?
>>
>>regards.
>
>I think that more interesting competition is between rybka and fruit and not
>between rybka and Junior or rybka and tiger.
>
>Uri

I think this particular competition has already been proven. In my
recently posted test, albeit of Fruit 2.1, Rybka 32 bit did not even
use a book, and it beat Fruit 2.1.

I don't see advantage of seeing a competition where there appears to
be hardly any. No need to hype people up.

Stuart



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