Author: Nathan Thom
Date: 23:11:36 02/28/06
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On March 01, 2006 at 01:04:39, Mark Boylan wrote: >On February 28, 2006 at 23:22:45, walt irvin wrote: > >>if so are there any examples > >I thought this was an interesting question. So, I dug through some boxes in my >basement and found "How Computers Play Chess" by David Levy & Monty Newborn. >It's an old book. I don't know the ratings of the programmers of any modern >chess programs, but here are some stats from the book: > >Program Rating Programmer Rating >Deep Thought 2580 Hsu 1200 >Hitech 2413 Berliner 2400 >Cray Blitz 2300 Bob Hyatt! 1400 >Chess Challenger 2250 Spracklen 1700 >Belle 2200 Ken Thompson 1700 >Bebe 2200 Scherzer 1400 >Phoenix 2200 Schaeffer 2100 >Novag 2150 Kittenger 2000 >Chess 4.9 2100 Slate 2050 >Kaissa 1800 Donskoy 1600 > >Hard to say from the chart, but maybe a low Elo is an asset :) Excellent, thats what I'm counting on for my engine :)
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