Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:01:34 09/09/05
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On September 09, 2005 at 23:48:47, Tanya Deborah wrote: >On September 09, 2005 at 17:30:59, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On September 09, 2005 at 16:16:28, Peter Kappler wrote: > > >Hi to all! > > I dont understand why people here are so surprised that Zappa won the >Computer Chess Championship. > >Of course, Zappa 2.0 is a very strong program, much more than the first >version(1.0 that it is free) but now, i think that the SSdf needs to test Zappa, >to know exactly how strong is this program (in many long games matches) against >the best programs. > >Speaking about the strengh of the programs, The SSDF results are much more real >than any other tournament in the world (equal hardware + Much,much more games, >etc). We have to wait and see if Zappa can play 400-500 games, and has a better >performance than Shredder 9, also if Zappa can beat the strongest program >Shredder 9 of the first place, to say that Zappa is the clear #1 in the world. > >Of course to win the World Chess Championship is a very great result for any >programmer, and i want to congratulate his author for this amazing performance, >but also I would hope that SSDF can test Zappa 2.0 against all the other >programs for have a better result about the real strengh of this strong program. > >SSDF results are by far, much more realistic. > >Regards! > Tanya Deborah I suspect that Zappa 2 is about equal to Shredder on equal hardware and that Fruit is somewhat stronger. I hope that both programs will be tested on the SSDF list. I imagine that they will also work their way into CEGT, which has similar functionality, albeit at faster time control.
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