Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 12:14:42 09/09/01
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On September 09, 2001 at 14:21:31, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On September 09, 2001 at 12:56:44, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>>>Fritz is demonstrably the best program around. They have proven it time after >>>>time. >>> >>>Uhh? I would think that all of Shredder's titles would amount to >>>something, but guess not. >>> >>>Who's the current world champion again? I don't think it's Fritz. >> >>The sentence is a bit strong, but hyperbole's pretty common in advertising. > >If advertising uses words like 'demonstrably' and 'proven' it had better >use the truth. The comments were made by Ray Keene. Criticise him, not ChessBase. >>It's fair to say that Fritz has been one of the strongest programs around for a >>good long chunk of time, though. > >That is different from what they claim. ChessBase isn't claiming it, Ray Keene is. >>And it has spent a significant amount of time >>parked at #1 on the SSDF list, which is at least a somewhat reasonable >>justification for the statement. > >I do not believe in the SSDF list. Neither does Thorsten Czub. So what? It's as an objective measure of computer program vs. computer program skill as we have. Dave
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