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Subject: Re: does anyone know the strength of old chess programs like Psion, Ychess..

Author: Mike Hood

Date: 09:54:06 07/02/99

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On July 02, 1999 at 01:27:00, hgkjhg wrote:

>Hello,
>I'd like to know if Psion or Ychess or Mirage are stronger than Crafty or Little
>Goliath.  Also, is Psion the same thing as Genius 1.
>Thank you.

A few years ago a friend wagered with me that Psion was stronger than Fritz
(Fritz 1, which shows how long ago it was), so we ran a small tournament on two
PCs, both of them 386-33s. I forget the exact time controls, but it was in the
mid range, something like 30 seconds a move. I won the bet... Fritz won the
tournament 5:1.

My estimation is that Psion was approximately ELO 1900 playing on a 386-33. I
haven't seen it play on better hardware.

Mike



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