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Subject: Re: A Question for Robert Hyatt

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 16:50:11 09/11/99

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On September 11, 1999 at 16:07:47, odell hall wrote:

>On September 11, 1999 at 15:27:43, Robert Hyatt 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
>>
>>
>>I wouldn't venture a guess.  If you put crafty on a quad xeon 550, it can beat
>>_any_ of those programs.  On equal hardware I really don't know as I don't play
>>on 'equal' hardware.  :)
>
>
>  Oh yes!, i would love to see the results of crafty verses the top programs on
>equal hardware, It would be interesting to see how it would measure up.

Ok, I think the right "equal hardware" should be 16-CPU Alpha 21264. Or (if it
happenes that some programs will not run on Alpha), a 8-CPU Xeon.

Eugene



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