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Subject: Re: First results CHESS 2010 POLL

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 06:18:19 04/06/99

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On April 06, 1999 at 06:22:40, Mark Young wrote:

>On April 06, 1999 at 02:13:16, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>On April 06, 1999 at 01:02:59, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>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
>>
>>>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
>>
>>Heh, heh, heh - what else can we expect from Rebel homepage! These poll
>>questions are quite leading...
>
>I have to agree, the questions were too leading, and after seeing them I did not
>vote in the poll. I don't see the point in having a poll, when it is clear the
>poller is gearing the poll to favor a certain result. I can only conclude the
>poll has other value to Rebel then just an unbais opinion poll....
>
>>
>>After 15 years with computer chess I don't think, that some some program
>>is playing relatively better against human than computer. Sorry Ed., but there
>>is no evidence.

I was hoping that Rebel 10 would have topped the Comp Vs Comp list, then we
would have know this poll was a shambles. as it is I can only say that is is
dubious in nature. It was leading to the Rebel Product in my view.



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