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

Author: Greg Simpson

Date: 16:09:20 12/18/05

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On December 18, 2005 at 17:59:15, Stuart Cracraft wrote:

>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

If that's the standard, it seems the only testing left to do with Rybka is
against quads or better. :-)



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