Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 03:51:52 05/19/03
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On May 19, 2003 at 06:05:46, Mark Young wrote: >On May 19, 2003 at 02:50:16, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On May 19, 2003 at 02:39:04, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>Even if there was only 9 rounds, King's performance was stunning when You look >>>at the hardware: King has only AMD XP2200 when Shredder has dual XEON 2800! That >>>dual must be at least 2x faster or maybe 3-4x with hypertreading?! >>> >>>Jouni >> >>Not to mention, but it was the same old version as last year with a minor >>improvement on the Opening Book. This is why a match of only 9 games instead of >>double round robin of 18 games doesn't impress me at all. Any of the engines >>that ended in the 1st to 8th position can win next year without any major >>improvement, it is just a matter of luck. >> >>Jorge > >I agree, why people will put stock in this tournament is beyond me, and to make >any claims about what program is best is nuts. If I were to post a tournament I >ran at home on my computers with only nine rounds and started making claims >about the programs from only nine rounds of play. What would the reponse of this >forum be? If in your 8 round tourney if Fritz , shredder and tiger got the 1st 3 positions, there wouldnt be any reaction at all :).
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