Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 03:33:09 11/14/00
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On November 14, 2000 at 06:24:51, pavel wrote: >On November 14, 2000 at 05:49:19, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>On November 13, 2000 at 21:09:49, stuart taylor wrote: >>>I think I understand now. >> >>thats always very good :-))) >> >>>Well! that almost makes me want to cry! (together with an emotional Gambit >>>Tiger). >> >>?! >> >>>GT does not look anything special at all according to these results. >> >>50% against Junior6a. >>So how will Junior want to beat GT in Elo-points ? >> >> >>>You might say, "but it's not enough games to indicate very much"! >>> But I can tell you, that I anyway am always upset to see a program which I >>>want to get for analysis, and main use, lose even one game, esp. to a previous >>>generation program, since that indicates some inadequacy somewhere, compared to >>>something else which is available. >> >> >>you are upset? why ? >> >>>I would prefer if they were many draws, even >>>if only the occasional win. That would look more reliably better. But now, it >>>looks like in many ways, the old Junior6a is stronger than GT. >> >>junior6a gets - if it is lucky, 50% against GT, Rebel-Tiger gets better >>results against Junior. But - IMO GT is the better program. >> >>i don't see why you are upset. its very normal that programs play different >>against different opponents. >>you have always ONE program that is a kind of fear-enemy. >>thats normal. >> >>>S.Taylor > > >LOL, >I get your point. >when GT plays against crafty, crafty becomes "punching bag" of the old paradigm. > >when GT plays against junior6, the results is almost 50%, your 'defense >mechanism' comes out saying "CT is better against junior6 then GT" > >DUH!!! > >now dont tell CT is also the result of "new paradigm" > >isnt this supposed to be a test between the best of "old paradigm" and the best >of "new paradigm", that i suggested? > >you know, you are so predictable and I am almost damm sure what you are gonna >say next, and all I can do is kick back and laugh about it :) > >pavs. ;) Paradigms aside, the fact is that Gambit scores very well. A worst case of 50% against Junior 6a, Hiarcs 7.32 and Deep Fritz, while beating, sometimes smashing, all the other programs I tried is very, very good. If you add up the exciting and speculative playing style of Gambit, I would say that it is quite an achievement. Enrique
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