Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: So championship results mean something?

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 20:20:54 08/26/00

Go up one level in this thread


On August 26, 2000 at 23:13:08, Roger D Davis wrote:

>On August 26, 2000 at 23:04:57, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On August 26, 2000 at 22:45:16, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>
>>>On August 26, 2000 at 21:16:06, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>>If only a massive rating list such as ssdf can clearly indicate the relative
>>>>strengths of chess programs, so what is the point of championships of a few
>>>>games?
>>>>  Perhaps these championships and computer tournaments should have a clear
>>>>porpose and function other than sample exhibition, if people say the results in
>>>>themselves, mean nothing.
>>>>S.Taylor
>>>
>>>Why do you guys insist that the championship have some sort of deeper
>>>significance?  It's not a math exercise, it is a competition.
>>>
>>>bruce
>>
>>That sounds quite profound!
>>One of several differences between human and machine competition is that humans
>>know when they are competing, and act accordingly. Then it much less a question
>>of maths.  With machines, the results are basically predetermined, it just has
>>to be actualized. To be viewed.
>>S.Taylor
>
>Of course, human programmers know that their programs are competing, and take
>steps to optimize books and get fast machines, and so on.
>
>Roger

Well!!!!!!
Well that's not even good for ssdf!
S.Taylor



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.