Author: Todd Durham
Date: 19:47:53 04/15/99
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On April 15, 1999 at 20:55:37, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >On April 15, 1999 at 19:10:24, Bertil Eklund wrote: > >>On April 15, 1999 at 09:25:41, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On April 15, 1999 at 01:29:09, Paulo Soares wrote: >>> >>>>All people know that Pelé and Michael Jordan had been the >>>>best athletes of all the times in the soccer and basket >>>>(I wait that no Argentine reads this). Which was the >>>>best chess program of all the times? >>>>In my opinion, "Psion", of Richard Lang. >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>> >>>>Paulo Soares, from Brazil >>> >>>In my opinion, it is Sargon II (Dan and Kathe Spracklen, 1979). This engine on a >>>6502 processor has beaten several mainframes in an official event. >>> >>>Or maybe an engine from Richard Lang, maybe the one that was in the Mephisto >>>Amsterdam. It was such a "quantum leap" at that time (1985). >>> >>>Or maybe the version of Rebel that ran on a small ChessMachine in Madrid in >>>1992. This one too has beaten a fast multiprocessor program. >>> >>> >>> Christophe >>Agree with all the above but don´t forget Fidelity Prestige 1982, I still play >>with it from time to time.I remember Smyslov lost a blitz game against it. >>Sargon2 was a major step it crushed Chess challenger 7,10, Voice Boris and the >>rest. >>Chessmachine was a wonder in 1991. Genius1 and Genius2 were outstanding >>1992-1993. >> >>Bertil SSDF > >I think none of them were great, maybe for their day, but for all time, none of >them. You have to go bt which is the strongest today, because they would whip >butt of all the program mentioned above. So it would have to come from todays >crop of programs. > >I would also wonder if the great Pele if he was to play today how he would rate. >I am sure among some of the good players, but I do not think a standout. I could >go on and give examples but it would just bore you. I bet Michael Jordan couldn't hit a shot either, if he were playing in today's NBA. ;) Todd
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