Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:49:32 01/10/06
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On January 10, 2006 at 10:08:44, Majd Al-Ansari wrote: >Fruit is a great engine, one that I really like, but I don't think it will >improve much more. Also Fruit commercial is basically a refined version of the >best free source engine out. Fruit has probably helped strengthen every engine >out there due to its free source. But I think Rybka will by far improve the >most. As it is Rybka is far and away the strongest engine in the world, yet >Rybka has glaring holes in it that can easily be fixed (see thread >http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?478152). Rybka so far has been >able to beat all comers even on their own turf (read with their own books). If >Vasik is able to implement the same knowledge based search into Rybka's endgame >play, we might be in a situation where we have to start playing handicap chess >to make things challenging! I think that really the most likely scenario for the strongest chess engine in the future will be discerned by an examination of history. It will be an engine we have never heard of. Of course, the current ones may continue to advance and stay on top. But history seems to show that new engines pop up with some sort of new paradigms and advance the field. While they do tend to make good improvements, it's often a newcomer that bolts to the front of the pack. I also expect that all current engines are going to advance a lot, once they understand clearly what Fabien has done. Do not imagine that Fabien has run out of gas. From the first iteration that he sent to me on March 3, 2004 he has picked up a huge Elo increase in less than 2 years. I guess that he can do it again. With a programming style like that, you can do anything.
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