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

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 09:19:56 03/24/02

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On March 24, 2002 at 10:39:47, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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.

Isn't he talking about all released programs?
S.Taylor



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