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Subject: Re: A Question for Robert Hyatt

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 17:05:14 09/11/99

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On September 11, 1999 at 19:50:11, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

>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

Sounds good to me! :-)

Do Intel Paragons consist of x86 chips?

Dave



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