Author: Richard Sutherland
Date: 08:16:36 12/16/03
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On December 16, 2003 at 11:12:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. > Robert, thank you. I stand corrected (and more knowledgeable now). :) > > >> >>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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