22 Jan 15
Originally posted by Data FlyI've read he collaborated with the Nazis and he was eventually murdered because of it...
Alekhine a very bad player before his 20s? I don't even know where to begin. Just go through some of the games here:
http://www.chessgames.com/player/alexander_alekhine.html
22 Jan 15
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Originally posted by woadmanHere is one version of that:
I've read he collaborated with the Nazis and he was eventually murdered because of it...
http://en.chessbase.com/post/alekhine-s-death-an-unresolved-mystery-
One thing they point out in the death photo is if he actually was choking on a piece of meat, which the autopsy showed to have been in his throat, the tableware would have been scattered all over the room in what would have been a desperate struggle to dislodge that meat from his throat yet the photo shows all the table ware and the chess set undisturbed.
22 Jan 15
Originally posted by sonhouseMaybe the KGB was interested in killing Alekhine...
Here is one version of that:
http://en.chessbase.com/post/alekhine-s-death-an-unresolved-mystery-
One thing they point out in the death photo is if he actually was choking on a piece of meat, which the autopsy showed to have been in his throat, the tableware would have been scattered all over the room in what would have been a desperate struggle to di ...[text shortened]... that meat from his throat yet the photo shows all the table ware and the chess set undisturbed.
then they take over the chess with help of FIDE to make a Russian champion forever.
Reuben Fine, didn't play in the tournament to find the next champion, because he knew that was fixed
22 Jan 15
Originally posted by woadmanIt's not that expensive, top of the range graphics cards can knock out a teraflop double precision and cost around $1,000. If you don't mind forking out $2,000 or so you can get a 52 core Xeon Phi. AMD released a sixteen core processor a few years ago that cost less than $1,000. Dell are not the people to go to for high performance machines.
Some of the chess programs say they can work in 64 "cores" or multiple processors. Who has a computer like that ? I went to DELL and they dont have anything above 4 cores. My computer is an I7 Intel processor & I have a total of 4 cores. One must be reserved to operate the system, so that leaves 3 cores. Maybe some other company sells hardware with more CPUs..probably cost $10,000 or more !
22 Jan 15
Originally posted by DeepThoughtFrom whence originates evil: the doer of the deed, or the one who supplies their knowledge? 😵
It's not that expensive, top of the range graphics cards can knock out a teraflop double precision and cost around $1,000. If you don't mind forking out $2,000 or so you can get a 52 core Xeon Phi. AMD released a sixteen core processor a few years ago that cost less than $1,000. Dell are not the people to go to for high performance machines.
22 Jan 15
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Originally posted by DeepThoughtSo is it better to get a computer with many CPU chips. or one chip that has many cores ? Also I've heard of "threading" which also ups the performance of a computer's thinking speed.
It's not that expensive, top of the range graphics cards can knock out a teraflop double precision and cost around $1,000. If you don't mind forking out $2,000 or so you can get a 52 core Xeon Phi. AMD released a sixteen core processor a few years ago that cost less than $1,000. Dell are not the people to go to for high performance machines.