Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 23:21:49 02/02/06
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On February 02, 2006 at 21:54:15, K. Burcham wrote:
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>What are we all going to do after we come down off the Rybka high?
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>What are we going to do if Rybka continues to win all of the tournaments in
>2006? 2007? 2008?
It won't happen. The improvement of Rybka will soon come
to a point where it will take much longer to improve it
further ... and wait for Shredder 10 -:)
Kurt
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>Will Rolf the troll, continue to post here if Rybka on 2200 mhz continues to
>beat his chessbase programs on 4400 mhz+?
No idea.
Kurt
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>Will some of the programmers retire because of the effort it will take to beat
>Rybka in tournaments?
I don't think so. Chess programming is also fun.
Kurt
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>Will there be less programmers willing to spend money to travel to tournaments,
>knowing Rybka will take first place?
Same answer as above.
Kurt
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>What will all the losing top programs do if Rybka gains strength in 2006-2007?
I very much doubt that further improvements can be
done with Rybka within short time.
Kurt
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>Will chessbase close its free program game server? On 2,2,2006 8:44 PM, I
>counted 112 programs playing at Chessbase server, 106 were Rybka. 98% of gamers
>do not attempt to move up chessbase rankings at chessbase server with chessbase
>programs. All at chessbase expense.
A good reason and a confirmation for me to visit
the boring (Rybka-)Server very seldom.
Kurt
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>Will chess be boring in 2006 and 2007 if Rybka keeps dominating?
No, only engine/engine-matches may become boring but chess
of course not.
Kurt
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>Will AMD and Intel stock fall becuase of Rybka? huge investment in dual core and
>four core cpu will not sell because Rybka wins on one core.
Do you really think that AMD knows anything about
Rybka ??
Kurt
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>Will SMK get depressed and quit and then say Shredder is "open source"?
The next Shredder will most probably be equal to Rybka.
SMK is a hard worker with the will to again be at the top.
Kurt
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>kburcham
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