GM Ruslan Ponomariov answers your questions: Part II
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:01 am
Some GM Ruslan Ponomariov Quotes
"In general, I grew up as a chess player on books. My first computer appeared when I’d already become a grandmaster, and even then I only used it in order not to have to carry all my notebooks with analysis around with me."
"I recently read a story on the internet about a match between Rybka and the free program Houdini. The final result came as something of a surprise to me. After all, a commercial program should have some sort of advantage over a free one! Although that same Rybka previously lost a match to the program Zappa which, however, didn’t stop Rybka’s creators from improving it further. I expect the same this time round!"
"Now the free Houdini is available. I’ve tried it, and it genuinely is a good program. In certain respects it’s even more convenient to work with. Rybka, for example, tries to use up almost all the resources it can, and at some point my computer begins to hang. I haven’t seen that with Houdini: I can comfortably multi-task."
Chessvibes:
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/gm-ru ... s-part-ii/
"In general, I grew up as a chess player on books. My first computer appeared when I’d already become a grandmaster, and even then I only used it in order not to have to carry all my notebooks with analysis around with me."
"I recently read a story on the internet about a match between Rybka and the free program Houdini. The final result came as something of a surprise to me. After all, a commercial program should have some sort of advantage over a free one! Although that same Rybka previously lost a match to the program Zappa which, however, didn’t stop Rybka’s creators from improving it further. I expect the same this time round!"
"Now the free Houdini is available. I’ve tried it, and it genuinely is a good program. In certain respects it’s even more convenient to work with. Rybka, for example, tries to use up almost all the resources it can, and at some point my computer begins to hang. I haven’t seen that with Houdini: I can comfortably multi-task."
Chessvibes:
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/gm-ru ... s-part-ii/