Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 02:32:48 04/15/01
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On April 14, 2001 at 21:54:01, Chessfun wrote: >If the organizers wish to use SMP 8 cpu's IMO there are only 4 choices. >Deep Fritz, Deep Junior, Deep Shredder and SMP Crafty. >Crafty performs very well in the human comp area check out ICC sometime. > >There is time to run a tournament which will determine which program comp >v comp is stronger. This will not tell us which will do better against a human, >but under the assumption that organizing an event in which humans also play >isn't viable due to time limitations, it's the best we have. > >And as it would be a comp v comp comparison I would change to Deep Fritz v Deep >Junior as Shredder will not meet the conditions and Crafty will not win such a >comp v comp match IMO. That is nonsensical IMO. Then the purpose of the "qualification" round has already been fulfilled. The choice boils down to a ChessBase product in the end, which is hardly in the spirit of such a contest. Especially since it's taking place in closed quarters. Not very glamourous or fair to say the least. No, the smartest thing to do would be to make a deadline for entry of SMP capable programs (and there are more than the ones you mention, even without your personal selection process), arrange a contest in public (maybe a University with capable and identical machinery) and find the challenger with a reasonable tournament format. I'm sure Millennium and others would pay if the openness of the event was secured. This is the best way to handle a competition of this nature. High entrance fees, strange screening processes and secrecy is not. I'm surprised that you find a tournament run by Enrique to be a reasonable solution. It's an amateur arrangement at best. Mogens.
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