Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:49:52 04/07/01
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On April 06, 2001 at 04:22:45, Harald Faber wrote:
>On April 05, 2001 at 22:48:04, Mike Castañuela wrote:
>
>>
>>Taken from ElPais Digital (spain):
>>
>>(Brief resume: Enrique Irazoqui is planning to organize the tournament to decide
>>the best program (between 3, the Deeps Fritz, Junior and Shredder) which will
>>contend vs. Kramnik in Bahrein, at date not yet determined.
>>(Ah, and DeepBlue, but the difficulty of which this is made is obvious)).
>>
>>I hope that this match is to be carried (seems very obvious)
>>with the presence of the programmers, which is essential to make the tourn
>>valid (ethically speaking).
>>
>>Also, a question more: why not more programms at the contest
>>(e.g. Gambit-Tiger comes to my mind as a very plasible option, mainly by its
>>style).
>
>
>What reference does Tiger have in comparison with Deep Fritz and Shredder?
>Shredder is the current world champion, Deep Fritz leads the SSDF. Unless
>Tiger14 or GambitTiger2 will top the SSDF, the decision will certainly be made
>between the 2 mentioned programs.
>Don't get me wrong, I'd also like to see one of the Tigers play, but for
>officials there will be no justification.
You have a point. For people who are absolutely ignorant about what's going on
in computer chess, I guess that BattleChess or ChessMaster 2000 would be the
programs of choice. They are definitely more famous for the general audience.
Come on.
You say that Tiger has less references that Shredder for example? Then when was
the last time Shredder has topped the SSDF list? Answer is NEVER. For Tiger it
was just one year ago, and who knows what is going to happen with Tiger 14.
Before October comes, we will know anyway.
The choice of Fritz, Junior and Shredder is 100% arbitrary.
Anyway the most important factor in this match is not going to be the speed of
the computer. Chosing these programs because they can run on multiprocessor PCs
is a joke. The strength difference of one, two or 4 processors when you face a
human player does not matter much. Ask Bob.
The thing that will really matter in this match is PLAYING STYLE. You can choose
at random between Fritz, Shredder and Junior, it does not matter, they play the
same kind of chess.
If you want to put a strong player under pressure, I think I have a point if I
say that Gambit Tiger has more chances to do it than the 3 others.
I hope the organizers will think twice about this.
Christophe
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