Author: Pallav Nawani
Date: 11:01:50 10/12/04
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On October 12, 2004 at 10:28:16, Graham Laight wrote: >Then we have Junior - which flopped. What was it doing in the computer team? It >was the only computer to get a negative score against the humans - and was well >short of what its team-mates achieved (see >http://www.ajedrezbilbao.com/cResultadosEN.htm). > >How does one explain such a poor performance by Junior, which had massively >superior hardware to Fritz? Should we ask the Junior programmers to forward >their program to to Franz Morsch for advice and improvement? > >-g It is the Sulk effect. People tend to think that computer programs are inhuman and will perform at the same level time after time. Not true! Sometimes programs get annoyed and go into a sulk. When in such a mood, they don't play well. Junior seems to be a bit annoyed about its name. I mean, its high time the world computer chess champion should be renamed to 'Senior'! PS: This is a silly attempt at humor. Best regards Pallav
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