Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 03:34:53 09/11/01
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On September 10, 2001 at 14:30:11, Dann Corbit wrote: >On September 09, 2001 at 14:23:41, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On September 09, 2001 at 13:17:49, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>They won the most important competition time after time (the ssdf list) and >>>other programs could top the list only for a short time. >> >>The most important competition is the championship. >> >>The SSDF list is a closed highly controversial closed group >>where not all programs participate. IMHO it's meaningless. > >Mathematically, it's far better data. Of course, it is valid only for the exact >conditions of the matches (but the same is true of world championships). > >Shredder got reamed, not even being allowed to enter the competition. But I >suspect that an 8 CPU version of Fritz or Junior is probably stronger anyway. >That's an awfully large speed boost. > I suspect that Shredder on a eight-CPU machine is stronger than Fritz and Junior on a single-CPU machine. I do not know which speed-up get these three programs on such a machine, but having no data I suspect it is about the same. I have no reason to suspect that Fritz or Junior on a eight-CPU machine are clearly stronger than Shredder on an identical machine. José. >Of course, we'll never really know the answer to that question. > >>>I think that kasparov is the best player in the world. >> >>Ah, more denial. > >The best player in the world is among this group: >Anand >Kasparov >Kramnik > >I think Kasparov is probably the best player in the world (and probably the best >the world has ever seen). Personally, I think he's kind of a twit, especially >the way he reacted over the Deep Blue match. But his chess is still incredible. > >Right now, Kramnik is playing as well or better than Kasparov. Given the >conditions of the match (if they are actually upheld) I strongly think that any >of the above three players would do about the same against the Fritz machine -- >that is to say -- trounce it. But (given the same preparation rules and machine >restrictions) I think Shredder would surely have a tough go as well. > >I'm not defending ChessBase. I think they are the 800 pound gorilla that sleeps >anywhere it wants to. But I think the facts will change little on the outcome, >no matter what program is thrown into the fray. > >Of course, with human beings, anything is possible.
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