Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:12:38 12/16/03
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On December 16, 2003 at 10:48:13, Richard Sutherland wrote: >On December 15, 2003 at 23:00:10, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >> >>This is your legacy for a year. Not that it was your fault. But the title >>_was_ tainted. The TD decision was horrible. The title will _forever_ have >>an "*" beside it. >> > > > > > > >The tournament would have had an "*" against it no matter what. How would Fritz >8 have been the "World Champion" or "best" program in the world, when it wasn't >playing on standard PC equipment? The only way to determine the "best" program >is to standardize the platform on which they all play. Again, that is _wrong_. The WCCC has _always_ been "open hardware". Else, what about Belle? Deep Thought? Cray Blitz? And at this WCCC event Brutus (with special-purpose hardware). WMCCC events have been micro-processor only. WCCC events have been "anything goes". Or would you suggest eliminating Kasparov because of his outstanding opening preparation/memory? Etc. > >Personally, I think this should be on the type of PC that is most common in use >amongst the general public. Not the WCCC. The WMCCC _is_ exactly as you suggest. > >After all, we already had a program that ran on equipment that no mortal would >ever own - Deep Blue, and what was the point of that? To produce the best "computer chess player in the world" maybe? IE "best" means best, not best on limited hardware or whatever.
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