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Subject: Re: To win the wc of computerchess means nothing.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:39:47 03/24/02

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On March 24, 2002 at 06:56:13, Michael Vox wrote:

>On March 23, 2002 at 10:19:21, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>Of course, that says _nothing_ about comp vs human competition...
>
>Shredder v Gulko 1-0
>
>Here are the results from SSDF, which is a statistically significant amount of
>bot v bot games.
>
>1 Shredder 6.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz  2715
>
>Based on the facts I think the truth is clear :)
>
>Shredder 6.0 is currently the number one program in the world.  However, this
>could change at some point in the future.


That conclusion is so badly flawed it is almost funny.  How can you conclude
that when shredder 6 has not played most of the _current_ chess programs?  And
I'm not talking about the versions that the SSDF has, but the versions that
each author is currently working on?

No way to make such a statement and have it based on fact.  If you want to
change it to "S6 is better than any engine the SSDF is testing." then it
has a better chance of standing up under scrutiny.



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