Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 22:18:13 11/14/00
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On November 14, 2000 at 18:37:13, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On November 14, 2000 at 16:17:34, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >>Which data? There are many pieces of information. Let's start with some of the >>most recent that come to mind immediately: >> >>In the last WCCC played in London a few months ago, Shredder and Fritz finished >>ahead and were the only two that didn't lose a game, in spite of being the only >>ones, together with Nimzo, that didn't play against the 2 weak programs. Fritz >>ended up second, half a point behind Shredder. All other programs did worse. >>Does this mean to you that Junior and Century and Tiger are weaker? Obviously >>not proven, given the few games played. So when in other tournaments consisting >>of few games Fritz finishes behind some others the result is equally meaningful, >>or equally meaningless. >> >>We all know what van der Wiel means to computer programs. Deep Fritz won against >>him 3-1, +2 -2, without losing a game. Take a look at what is going on right now >>at KC. And before, Fritz' PR at the Dutch Championship was 2600, not counting >>the boycott games. Now, all this must have a meaning regarding Fritz' ability to >>play chess, a meaning that has little to do with your account of its failed >>performance in recent years. And please notice that I am only mentioning >>manually played games. >> >>And yes, Fritz dominates clearly the SSDF list, the very best comp-comp >>reference there is. I am not at all surprised. >> >>Enrique > >hyper hyper enrique. looks pretty much biased to me. :-))) > >i don't see that fritz is leading anything. >maybe one day it will win a championship. but only when all others do not >participate. Thorsten, you are an intriguing human being. You are brilliant in most of its point of view but, sometimes, you also write foolishness. :) But, in spite of this, I think that CCC could not live without you. :) Why you don't like Fritz? I think that is a fact that perhaps Freud can explain, because I don't get to understand as a program that has an excellent interface, an excellent engine, it is not appreciated by a computer expert. Paulo
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