Author: Alvaro Polo
Date: 22:17:06 08/24/00
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On August 24, 2000 at 23:17:53, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On August 24, 2000 at 22:48:47, Michael Fuhrmann wrote: > >>On August 24, 2000 at 22:01:39, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On August 24, 2000 at 18:53:53, Eran wrote: >>> >>>>Different chess programs use different processor speed, and the results may not >>>>be fair. If Junior uses Pentium III 1000 Mhz instead of 700 Mhz, Junior might be >>>>a bit stronger and belong to the group of top chess programs, Shredder, Fritz, >>>>and Nimzo. I assume that if all chess programs use the same processor speed >>>>exactly, for instance Pentium III 1000 Mhz, the wmcc results will be enough >>>>reliable and fair. Do you agree with it? >>>> >>>>Eran >>> >>>As for "fair", this is not a uniform platform tournament. If you do a uniform >>>platform tournament, you get "fair". If you go to one that isn't, and you >>>expect "fair", it's better to stay home, because it won't be. It's not uniform >>>platform. >>> >>>If you expect "reliable", even in a uniform platform tournament, you aren't >>>going to get that, either. If you deduce a perfectly accurate rating for each >>>participant, and simulate the tournament a few dozen times, you'll get wildly >>>different results. The "best" program won't win every time. The "best" program >>>might not even finish in the top half. >>> >>>bruce >> >> >>Sounds like there's no good reason for holding the event at all, since the >>result doesn't tell us anything meaningful. > >Right. There isn't a reason to hold the World Series, the Olympics, the World >Cup, or any other sporting event, either. > It is curious what you say. In plain chess (not computer chess), if there is a tournement where Kasparov participates in, you can expect him to win. Sometimes he wont, of course, but I don't think it is probable that he won't finish on the top half. It looks like chess is much more reliable than computer chess. I wonder why. Alvaro >Unless of course you don't regard them as scientific experiments intended to >produce statistically reliable data. > >bruce
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