Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:53:41 04/23/00
Go up one level in this thread
On April 23, 2000 at 11:05:31, Chessfun wrote: >On April 23, 2000 at 10:29:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 23, 2000 at 00:32:45, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On April 22, 2000 at 17:25:18, Mogens Larsen wrote: >>> >>>>On April 22, 2000 at 14:46:28, Pete Galati wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Sorry, I don't read all posts, this one caught my eye because it was at the top >>>>>of the board. >>>>> >>>>>If Jouni played some games this fast or faster, then my opinion would be the >>>>>same, it's too fast. That isn't to say that I have not run games at that speed, >>>>>I have, and they were too fast to judge the strength of a program. >>>> >>>>I agree. As far as I know the development of Crafty is aimed at improving its >>>>strength at tournament time control. Nunn blitz matches are insignificant in my >>>>humble opinion. On top of that it's almost impossible to make any sound >>>>conclusions based on these results, except that Fritz6 appears to be stronger at >>>>blitz. I don't think it's possible to say anything about 17.07 vs. 17.10. >>>> >>>>Best wishes... >>>>Mogens >>> >>> >>>I generally agree the results of fast blitz games mean very little. >>>Though as with humans maybe we should have blitz type results by >>>someone like the SSDF it is still an interesting subject. >>> >>>Funny how knowone said anything about blitz being bad when Jouni posted >>>that on his machine at nunn 1 crafty scored better than F6. >>> >>>Thanks. >> >> >>If you will go back to the beginning of that thread, post #2 was by me. >>I said "I suspect the results will be different if more games are played..." >> >>I know what to take with a grain of salt, and what to take as base fact. > > >You did Dr. that is clearly true. The fact remains however >that people took the results without asking questions of them. > >You yourself while maintaining the ponder=on as being correct >for crafty never questioned it although it states one machine. I didn't question it because I have written about a hundred posts here on the subject of ponder=on vs ponder=off. If someone doesn't know my opinion by now, they won't every know what it is... > >And I agree so small an amount of games is meaningless as are >the tourneys I myself run, yet it is clearly evidenced here that >people play a few blitz games and make statements that clearly >are not borne out by facts elsewhere. > >I just questioned the original posting while others wanted >to make coffee with it. > >Thanks. I don't pay much attention to _any_ results except for those _I_ see on the chess servers. I assume my opponent has his program tuned as strongly as he can. I know I do the same most of the time... Those results I trust...
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.