Author: Peter Berger
Date: 01:53:08 03/18/01
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On March 17, 2001 at 23:26:23, Daniel Chancey wrote: >Congrats to CM6555 for it's bronze medal performance. disappointment to >CM8000. > >Castle2000 There really is not much sense in being disappointed with CM8000 IMHO . The Aufsess tournament as a few similar tournaments is special in several ways . It is run by users like you and me who try to "optimize" the performance of their computer-engine-pair by doing whatever they think might be of use . Judging from reports of past events it's usual that things like the following happen: 1.) People play with overclocked PCs that sometimes just blow up or ( even worse ) don't work in a reliable way anymore . 2.) The users adapt the time control to their own liking during the games several times. 3.) The users prepare special opening books which sometimes produce the strangest results ; I remember a very interesting report by Mr Kästner about a similar tournament ; so it's not unusual to see a program in a position it doesn't understand . 4.) Another thing is : the operator sometimes just loses the fun after he sees no chance to win the event and doesn't pay attention in the following rounds anymore ( that has also happened in the past ) which changes the outcome for others . So : although the results are in no way random I don't think they should be taken _too_ seriously either . I have seen very good results by CM8000 so far ; I think it is a clear improvement over CM6000 ( time will tell ) . I really hope SSDF will test it ( as autoplaying is possible ) . Regards. pete
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