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Subject: Re: A Question for Robert Hyatt

Author: pete

Date: 15:16:49 09/11/99

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On September 11, 1999 at 17:21:58, walter irvin wrote:

>On September 11, 1999 at 14:05:12, Leon Stancliff wrote:
>
>>Robert,
>>
>>
>>
>>  I have been speculating for a long time on what would take place in a match
>>between the top ten computer programs running on easily available machines and
>>the top ten chess players in the USA.
>>
>>  I have been playing my Hiarcs 7 program on a Macintosh G3 at 275 Mhz. It plays
>>almost even with both Data and Singacrafty on ICC.
>>
>>  I have assembled the following list of computer programs from such sources as
>>the SSDF list and the Selective Search list. In your opinion, would Data,
>>Singacrafty or Crafty deserve a position in this list?
>>
>>
>>
>>   Hiarcs 7.32
>>
>>   Fritz 5.32
>>
>>   Chessmaster 6000
>>
>>   Nimzo 99
>>
>>   Chess Tiger 11.8.2
>>
>>   Junior 5
>>
>>   Rebel 10
>>
>>   Shredder 3
>>
>>   Genius 5
>>
>>   MChess Pro 7
>>
>>
>>
>>   Let's assume that each is running at about 550 Mhz on a single CPU.
>>
>>
>>
>>   MChess Pro 7
>crafty i think on equal hardware at slow time controls is a fair match for most
>of the software you listed , and better than 2 of the ones you listed . can you
>guess which 2??? so yes crafty belongs on that list equal hardware or not .

well ; I have yet to post the results of the first round of the ยด"endless
tourney" which is done under similar conditions ; but for the 2 you mentioned :
the first surprise was a 2,0 - 2,0 between Genius and Fritz5.32 :=) ;



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