Author: stuart taylor
Date: 07:15:12 03/25/02
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On March 24, 2002 at 21:48:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 24, 2002 at 12:19:56, stuart taylor wrote: > >>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 > > >Shouldn't he have _stated_ that. It simply said "number 1, period". > >And even then it would be wrong. Fritz 7 has been released since the last >WC event. Shredder doesn't quite seem as strong based on results within the >SSDF and elsewhere... I thought he was refering to programs which are accesible to the public now. But I agree that what he says does not seem exact, according to that, either. S.Taylor
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