Houdini wrote:Work on Houdini 3 has already started, but it's too early to say anything significant about it.
Houdini 2 is only 3 months old, so there is no particular hurry. A commercial engine that is integrated in a number of popular products (Aquarium, Chess Assistant, very soon Chess King) and is available on DVD through a large number of dealers, has some inevitable inertia that doesn't favor frequent major releases.
Robert
What exists now, is great!
I hope that future improvements and increasaes, do not come at any reduction in what is already great in its playing style.
(e.g. ingenious positional maneuvering should not come at any cost of reducing any of its tactical vision and ingenuity etc. EVEN if the result is that it would add a few elo.)
Houdini wrote:Work on Houdini 3 has already started, but it's too early to say anything significant about it.
Houdini 2 is only 3 months old, so there is no particular hurry. A commercial engine that is integrated in a number of popular products (Aquarium, Chess Assistant, very soon Chess King) and is available on DVD through a large number of dealers, has some inevitable inertia that doesn't favor frequent major releases.
Robert
What exists now, is great!
I hope that future improvements and increasaes, do not come at any reduction in what is already great in its playing style.
(e.g. ingenious positional maneuvering should not come at any cost of reducing any of its tactical vision and ingenuity etc. EVEN if the result is that it would add a few elo.)
Plus one. I can agree with the beautiful playing style of Houdini.
Playing Houdini vs. Strelka 5 gives some really nice games also.
Cubeman wrote:I see that you have branched out into various value added products.Do you still plan to support the Mobile/PDA platform.Just seems to me that being #1 at the moment is a ripe time to take advantage of this.Still wishing for a PocketFritz port
Mobile/PDA platform is on the wish list/to-do list, a specific Pocket Fritz port probably not.
Houdini wrote:Work on Houdini 3 has already started, but it's too early to say anything significant about it.
Houdini 2 is only 3 months old, so there is no particular hurry. A commercial engine that is integrated in a number of popular products (Aquarium, Chess Assistant, very soon Chess King) and is available on DVD through a large number of dealers, has some inevitable inertia that doesn't favor frequent major releases.
Robert
What exists now, is great!
I hope that future improvements and increasaes, do not come at any reduction in what is already great in its playing style.
(e.g. ingenious positional maneuvering should not come at any cost of reducing any of its tactical vision and ingenuity etc. EVEN if the result is that it would add a few elo.)
Houdini wrote:Work on Houdini 3 has already started, but it's too early to say anything significant about it.
Houdini 2 is only 3 months old, so there is no particular hurry. A commercial engine that is integrated in a number of popular products (Aquarium, Chess Assistant, very soon Chess King) and is available on DVD through a large number of dealers, has some inevitable inertia that doesn't favor frequent major releases.
