Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:32:32 01/21/00
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On January 21, 2000 at 01:32:57, stuart taylor wrote: >On January 20, 2000 at 18:47:07, Chris Carson wrote: > >>On January 20, 2000 at 17:39:18, walter irvin wrote: >> >>>where will the next great chess machine come from ?? the next machine to defeat >>>a current world champion under tourn conditions .will it be a PC program or >>>another super computer ?? >> >>IMHO: >>I think PC program. I am not very optimistic that this will ever >>happen. There will either need to be a lot of money thrown at the >>right person, or the World Champ will have to want it really bad >>(publicity). >> >>I hope I am right about the PC program, would love to buy >>Rebel, Tiger, Junior, Fritz, Hiarcs, Nimzo, Shredder, CM, >>the world champ version. :) >> >>I hope I am wrong about FIDE, PCA, whoever, avoiding that >>opportunity. :) >> >>Best Regards, >>Chris Carson > >If Hsu Feng, has the same program that "beat" Kasparov, why can't he get it >fixed up with same speed hardware (which either now or soon will not cost >too much as in 1997) Before "guessting" why not call IBM and ask them what a 32-node SP-2 will set you back. (note, it will be well into 7 figures). The SP is _not_ a cheapo workstation like it sounds, when someone refers to it as "an RS6000". :) >, And the programming must not be altered in any way >at all, from how it was during Kasparov match (unless done by big grandmaster >together with great computer programmer-who know for sure how to only improve >it without compromising what is already there),or others can buy it from him >and do that, then we have atleast that-not only in rumour-(like soon many of >us will only have heard about the gulf war (Sadam-Bush)from our >parents grandparents, and certainly about Fischer-Spaasky 72, even 92).And >our grandchildren might still be speculating in 50 years time if deeper blue >was better than what will be then, and it will remain a mystery at best. > O.K! If DB was not for sure 150 elo above the top programs of now, forget it. >But many believe it was 300 elo or more. >S.Taylor
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