Author: Ron Langeveld
Date: 08:44:06 02/17/02
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On February 17, 2002 at 09:08:44, Thoralf Karlsson wrote: >On February 17, 2002 at 08:05:53, Ron Langeveld wrote: > > >This lack of time is a lot of crap. There's only one prevailing reason why >SSDF >>does not test amateurs on a regular basis; the amateurs seldomly can comply to >>SSDF's first demand: provide them with a new PC. Currently only Chessbase has >>the means to sponsor SSDF with hardware, which makes you wonder what truth is in >>the SSDF self acclaimed independency. > >What are you talking about??? You are right! I have absolutely no idea what I am talking about, and I will never be able to prove anything. I do not want to prove anything for that matter, just raise questions. I'm sure that you never have to tell amateurs, who offer their engines for testing, that no garantees can be given as to the engine will ever be tested since there is a shortage of hardware to test every engine. So yes, I should not have used a strong word like "demand" cause the SSDF is way to clever to ever demand any such terms. The fact that relatively few amateur engines are tested is of course very circumstantial, and can always be explained with lots of good reasons. > >SSDF has never demanded or received any hardware from ChessBase! Nor have we >received any money from them for buying PCs. What we have received is between 5 >and 10 copies of the CDROMs with the new programs. > >And we haven't received any PCs from other companies either. > >In the testwork of SSDF about 24 PCs are used. 20 of them are bought and owned >by the individual tester. Four are owned by SSDF, and they are bought with the >membership fees. > >Thoralf Karlsson >SSDF > > > > > > >> >> >>> >>>Which amateur engine should to be tested by the SSDF? >>> >>>A list of at least 10 *available* strong amateur engines should be offered, to >>>choose from. >>> >>>I'm not sure if it would make sense to demand tests of an engine unavailable to >>>the public (?). Anyway, to include such engines in the poll, it would be >>>necessary beforehand to know IMO, if the programmer is willing to provide a copy >>>to the SSDF for testing. >>> >>>Of course SSDF members will decide themselves, if and which program they will >>>test, but the poll results could probably be a good basis to decide which one to >>>choose if they want to. >>> >>>Regards, >>>M.Scheidl
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