Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 23:40:46 11/07/99
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On November 07, 1999 at 21:02:40, James T. Walker wrote: >On November 07, 1999 at 17:17:18, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 07, 1999 at 15:58:54, odell hall wrote: >> >>>On November 07, 1999 at 10:32:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On November 07, 1999 at 03:23:21, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >>>> >>>>>Bob, On the other hand, you could be like Bobby Fischer when asked for his list >>>>>of the 10 greatest player's, he was asked why he hadn't included himself on this >>>>>list; the answer of course was that he would best any of them, so felt it would >>>>>take away a placing of one of his selected 10:) >>>>> >>>>>Larry T >>>> >>>> >>>>Nah... I just had the opportunity to get to know everyone on my "list" >>>>pretty well (excepting Greenblatt although I talked to him several times >>>>by phone). They are head-and-shoulders above me or anyone else I could >>>>think of. :) >>> >>> >>> If they are "head and shoulders" above everyone then why haven't they produced >>>any quality chess programs in the last 15 years? (excluding ofcourse hsu) It >>>seems to me the people you list are more or less pioneers in computerchess, but >>>does this mean that they are the best? Because someone was first does this mean >>>that they are neccesarily the best? I think 1. Hsu 2. Lang 3. Jonothan Dekoning >>>(king engine) 3. Schroeder is more appropriate to the question. Or would you >>>mind educating us specifically on what makes these people you mentioned better >>>than others? >> >> >>Nothing other than the fact that they each _dominated_ computer chess when >>they were active _and_ they published details about what they did. >> >>Any other questions? > >Hello Bob, >But wasn't that because they had access to the fastest hardware at the time and >there was very little competition? The same might be said of Cray Blitz which >was much faster than say Sargon 2.5 on a 6502 @ 2Mhz. >Jim Walker "Had access"? Greenblatt built his hardware! So did Thompson. So does Hsu. Dave
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