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Subject: Re: Bravo for Vasik and someone get Stefan and Vincent some Prozac

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 14:44:42 12/05/05

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On December 05, 2005 at 14:57:45, Zappa wrote:

>1. Rybka is amazing.  I can honestly tell you that just by watching this engine
>play I get better at chess.  It's the most human-like engine I've ever seen.
>
>2. I think we all need to send Stefan a big bouquet of flowers this Christmas.
>If someone had told me a year ago that Shredder (#1 by 50-60 elo at the time)
>would have fallen to 6th place on the rating list (behind Fritz, Fruit, Rybka,
>Toga, and Zappa) I would have laughed in his face.
>
>3. Ditto for Vincent, who has always prided himself on Diep's positional play.
>Unfortunately for him an engine has come along that has great positional
>knowledge but also gets 16 ply and doesn't have as many bugs.
>
>anthony

Anthony,

thanks! This is a really good time for computer chess. Our engines have all
sorts of problems, yes, but there are new ideas and we are making progress.
Stefan or Vincent may be reading this snickering, with a new version just about
ready to blow us all away ..

Vas



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