Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 22:02:59 04/05/99
First results CHESS 2010 POLL Here are the first 144 entries I received the last days. Its results sofar are quite interesting how people use a chess program and their general thoughts how chess companies should improve their software for the future. I would like to encourage everybody who has an opinion about the below mentioned subjects to contribute to the poll as the more opinions the more reliable the results. The direct URL to the poll: http://www.rebel.nl/poll2010.htm Kind regards, Ed Schroder Results CHESS 2010 POLL Question 1: What is more important for you using a chess program, its performance against humans or its performance against other computers when the topic is playing strength? Its performance against humans is more important 109 Its performance against other computers is more important 22 ABSTAIN 13 Question 2: Given the fact that because of the ever increasing hardware speed-up these days chess programs are already tactical monsters, then what is more important for you using a chess program, its positional understanding or its tactical capabilities? I prefer positional understanding above more tactical power 119 I prefer more tactical power above positional understanding 14 ABSTAIN 11 Question 3: We have tried to explain that being the strongest chess program against other chess programs doesn't necessarily mean that the program in question is also the strongest chess program against humans. Do you agree with this proposition? I agree with the proposition 118 I do not agree with the proposition 19 ABSTAIN 7 Question 4: How do you use a chess program most? For playing games, analysis and study 109 For playing computer vs computer and/or solving positions 30 ABSTAIN 4 Question 5: Which is in your opinion the strongest chess program at the moment in the HUMAN versus COMP area? REBEL10 50 Hiarcs7 27 Fritz 5.32 20 ChessMaster 6000 9 Mchess8 4 Crafty 16.6 1 Junior5 1 Genius6 0 Chess Tiger 0 Shredder3 0 Nimzo99 0 ABSTAIN 32 Question 6: Which is in your opinion the strongest chess program at the moment in the COMPUTER versus COMPUTER area? Fritz 5.32 47 Hiarcs7 31 ChessMaster 6000 18 REBEL10 11 Chess Tiger 3 Mchess8 1 Genius6 1 Junior5 1 Crafty 16.6 0 Shredder3 0 Nimzo99 0 ABSTAIN 30 Question 7: Should chess programs be allowed to play in normal chess tournaments and get a FIDE rating? YES, allow chess programs in FIDE 108 NO, do not allow chess programs in FIDE 30 ABSTAIN 6 Question 8: If chess programs would have a FIDE rating would the order of chess programs in comparison with computer-computer lists (such as the SSDF) be different and to what extend? SSDF vs FIDE would differ +/- 100 elo (or more) 45 SSDF vs FIDE would differ not much (+/- 50 elo) 52 SSDF vs FIDE would be in balance (+/- 20 elo) 15 ABSTAIN 32 Question 9: We have tried to explain that adding new chess knowledge which makes a chess program a better positional player could lower the playing strength in the comp-comp area and that removing chess knowledge which makes a chess program a lower positional player on the other hand could improve its performance in the comp-comp area, then how would you like chess companies to handle this phenomenon in the future? Do not compromize to the program's positional understanding 99 Do not compromize to the program's comp-comp performance 22 ABSTAIN 22 Number of polls 144
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