Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:39:07 12/22/05
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On December 22, 2005 at 19:20:35, Jonathan Lee wrote: >Wow, 2005 what a year has it been for computer chess! >Shredder used to be the gold standard, but... > >The new chess engines: >Hydra, the hardware monster especially strangling GM Michael Adams. >Zappa wins the 2005 WCCC but doesn't come commercially to the public. >Fruit, 2.1 is free with source code. Later 2.2 and 2.2.1 make a leap. It also >wins 2nd in the 2005 WCCC. >Toga II, a freeware and a derivate of Fruit has improvements on 1.0 and 1.1. >Rybka, possibly a quantum leap on middlegame positions. >Spike wins the 1st ever Chess960 tournament. > >The old chess engines: >Shredder, version 10 should come out soon but the competition above is fierce. >Fritz 9 goes above Shredder 9 but not enough for the new chess engines. >Junior 9 which plays well against Shredder doesn't go well enough against the >new chess engines. > >I am excited to see new and old engines fighting it out. >Jonathan >PS Did I miss something in chess software history of 2005. Please reply your >thoughts. Hiarcs 10 may be somewhat sensational. The jury is still out, but it certainly looks interesting.
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