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Subject: Re: Chess Genius: The rodney dangerfield of chess programs?

Author: Peter Pilarinos

Date: 07:33:16 10/21/99

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My personal opinion is that it would be EXTREMELY difficult to make further
progress based on the present Genius program structure. I remember Richard Lang
saying this in one interview that I read about him some years back. His programs
are very unique in their structure. It was this type of programming tequnique
that allowed the Genius programs to be so poweful on relatively slow computers.
Now that the computers are so much quicker, the advantages of this type of
search structure are somwhat dim. I believe that if Mr. Lang wanted to make
futher noticable progress, he would have to re-write his program from scratch,
using different, more contemporary methods. He is obviously a very talented man,
and I am sure he could do this if he wished.

Pete P



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