Author: Ian Aston
Date: 04:35:47 08/25/01
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On August 25, 2001 at 06:26:50, Sune Fischer wrote: >On August 24, 2001 at 22:28:48, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >Hi Bruce > >>I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Junior won the tournament. They >>are not overall world champion, they are dual world champion. As long as they >>don't claim a title they didn't get, everything is fine. >> >> >>Regarding the rules for the tournament, there weren't really any. We hashed >>through some stuff at the players' meeting. >> >>But if someone had brought a quad that moved on wheels, there would have been no >>reason to rule it ineligible. The only rule that I know of is that it had to be >>on site. > >I must say I find those rules very strange. >First of all, I think it is very likely that Deep Junior is stronger than >Shredder even on a single processor system. >Why is DJ not given a chance to prove it is also the best on single CPU systems? >After all, you can't go out and claim that Shredder is "the best" without >letting DJ have a crack at it ;) > >I don't understand the rules for the hardware, of cause DJ is stronger than >Shredder on Dual, but in principle what would stop me from dragging in a Cray >and kick DJ *ss and claim the title? >Would that mean my program was the best - certainly not. > >I say you would need to run the programs on exactly the same hardware to find >the best program, otherwise the hardware could be the decisive factor. >Yes that would mean more than one tournament, and DJ would need to run on a >single CPU system when attending the single CPU category. > >BTW: what is the reason that Fritz did not participate? As far as I am aware Quest is DeepFritz. IA >Last I heard Deep Fritz beat Deep Junior, so DJ would need to beat DF to claim >the title, would it not? > >Thanks for a great board, I really enjoy reading all this stuff ;) >-Sune
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