Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:34:35 03/25/02
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On March 25, 2002 at 07:36:39, Michael Vox wrote: >On March 24, 2002 at 10:39:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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. > >Interesting, if we apply your logic to human chess, then Kramnik is not the best >human player in chess because somebody somewhere claims they know more about >chess than him, today. This being the case, there can never be a world's best >at any activity. There can be. That player is the world's best _at that moment in time_ and nothing more. Someone better can _always_ come along at some random point in time and change everything. > >I believe in computer chess when you have the World Championship and the number >1 spot on the SSDF, you are the best chess program in the world. It would be up >to the people claiming they have a better program to prove it. Shredder doesn't seem to be _both_ at the moment, which was my point. Shredder won the WC tournament, Fritz 7 seems to be the top SSDF program... > >Thanks for your input.
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