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Subject: Re: virtual chess

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 15:10:43 06/17/02

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On June 17, 2002 at 16:16:47, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On June 17, 2002 at 15:02:34, Torstein Hall wrote:
>
>>I do not belive you have any reason to call them prejudiced because they did not
>>test Virtual Chess. So I think your prejudice showed up in your choice of that
>>word. But I will offer my excuse anyway, nothing good comes from name calling!
>
>
>a prejudice is when you say something without having experienced facts/data.
>
>when you say a chess program is weak, so we don't test it,
>this is a prejudice.
>
>if you call me prejudice because i call this prejudice, this is IMO
>nonsense.
>
>because i have tested virtual chess and i have manually played many games.
>i put virtual in my tournaments and i know it was a strong program.
>others feel or know this too.
>
>so WE played out data. how can we be prejudiced ???
>
>prejudiced is somebody saying something without knowing.
>thats the definition.
>
>i have virtual dos and windows here. i used it.

I have never heard SSDF say Virtual Chess is weak. And why should they say so if
they not have tested it?

>
>
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>>We both know that there is a lot of work to play manual games if you want to use
>>statistics in the way SDSF do, and a program with no autoplay function is not
>>very likely to be tested.
>
>
>we know that it is much work. but they tested other programs without
>auto232 .

They havent done a lot of that in the last years. And I understand them quite
well.

>
>>But I'm sure they would welcome you into their
>>society,
>
>
>wrong.
>the ssdf do only accept swedish guys. another problem. a kind of
>testing racism :-))

It used to be open for Norwegians in the old days, but perhaps its because we
understand Swedish. Or perhaps they have changed their rules?

Torstein
>
>
>
>> specially if you cared to play 50 to 100 games with Virtual chess
>>manually.... :-)
>
>i would say it is a little to late for virtual.
>the program is OLD now.
>
>>Best regards and many excuses
>>Torstein
>
>no problem torstein.
>everything is IMO within green area.
>no excuses or apologizes.
>i can stand more than named prejudiced.



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