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Subject: Re: Does anyone have a clue how strong it is? n/t

Author: Per Jørgensen

Date: 11:04:53 01/02/06

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On January 02, 2006 at 13:54:52, Dagh Nielsen wrote:

>On January 02, 2006 at 13:52:55, Per Jørgensen wrote:
>
>>On January 02, 2006 at 13:43:10, Lex Loep wrote:
>>
>>>On January 02, 2006 at 13:32:36, yang sheng wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?476182
>>>>
>>>>Seems not very strong.
>>>>Why the author only test it with old engines?
>>>>I wonder Smarthink may be crushed by rybka, fritz9 or fruit.
>>>
>>>Some more results:
>>>
>>>SmarThink 1.00 r426 v Fritz 9       +5 -7 =8
>>>SmarThink 1.00 r426 v Shredder 9    +6 -5 =9
>>>
>>>Games here:  http://www.lokasoft.nl/smarthink_games
>>>
>>>Lex
>>
>>Thanks for the results. It's quite decent results. If SmarThink 1.00 can perform
>>like Shredder 9 then it does deserve our attention.
>>
>>regards
>>Per
>
>I couldn't help smiling reading that comment. How things have changed in so
>little time :-)
>
>Regards,
>Dagh Nielsen

Yeahh, you are right Dagh. 2005 was indeed a revolution-year for chessengines. A
year ago Shredder 9 was THE engine, today it is "just" number 4 or 5 in the
world. Still, it's great if Smarthink 1.00 has reached the level of Shredder 9.
We cannot expect new "Rybkas" very often.

regards
Per



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