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Subject: Re: Latest millenium news?

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 09:42:05 04/15/01

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On April 15, 2001 at 09:38:15, Chessfun wrote:

>On April 15, 2001 at 03:05:47, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>
>>On April 14, 2001 at 21:11:41, Chessfun wrote:
>>
>>>On April 14, 2001 at 18:06:44, Frank Quisinsky wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello Christophe,
>>>>
>>>>the first, a good answere !
>>>>
>>>>>I have already given my point of view on this issue.
>>>>
>>>>This is right.
>>>>
>>>>>In short:
>>>>>1) I still do not understand the arbitrary choice of Deep Fritz, Deep Junior and
>>>>>Deep Shredder
>>>>
>>>>I agreed full with you !
>>>
>>>
>>>That isn't what I've been reading till now.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>2) Why is the winner of such a closed tournament supposed to perform the best
>>>>>against a player of a totally different kind?
>>>>
>>>>Also this is right !
>>>>
>>>>But which qualification is better as all the tourneys which Shredder won ?
>>>>We have no a better compare !
>>>
>>>
>>>If we look at the facts forget all thse other titles you keep claiming Frank,
>>>Shredder only won one as a SMP machine. So, you have a program that should play
>>>after winning one 10 round or so tourney?.
>>
>>Shredder tournament version won all the tournaments since 1999! No other
>>tournament version did the same. These are facts, the rest are words.
>>Also you do not have our latest version. How can you know how strong is Deep
>>Shredder now?
>>
>>Sandro Necchi
>
>I do not have either the latest Deep Fritz or Deep Junior version....same thing.
>
>If you won't comply with the stated rules anyway and the others will, then you
>automatically in this case disqualify yourself so regardless of how much better
>the current version is to the released version it's mute.

I think you are disqualifying the world champion title.

that's all.

Sandro
>
>Sarah.
>
>
>
>
>>>
>>>>I wish me we have a better compare but unfortunately we haven“t this.
>>>>Time for organize new tournaments, I say this all the years.
>>>
>>>>>Please note that I do NOT question the integrity of the person chosen to do the
>>>>>qualifying tournament (Enrique), and that I do NOT question the fact that these
>>>>>programs are very good.
>>>>
>>>>Yes I full agreed in this poinst.
>>>>The question is not Enrique, I think he make the best for all computer chess
>>>>fans. But this idea is not good.
>>>
>>>
>>>Why? seems like a perfectly logical thing to me.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>You can not beat Shredder is a official tourney. So I think you must say ... the
>>>>>>best program for a match against Vladimir Kramnik is Shredder.
>>>>
>>>>>You must be kidding.
>>>>>
>>>>>Franck, your objectivity was the guaranty of the good quality and interest of
>>>>>your tournaments, but obviously this objectivity is fading away.
>>>>
>>>>No, in this poinst I have my opinion.
>>>>I will World Champion 1996, 1999, 2000, IPCCC Champion 2000, 2001 CCT Master
>>>>against World Champion Vladimir Kramnik.
>>>
>>>
>>>As I said above irrelevant only one of those was the current SMP version.
>>>And as stated at Millennium they won't pay the $5,000.00 nor not allow Stefan's
>>>participation, nor allow the three months alone with the program.
>>>
>>>That being the case why even think of Shredder. The humans have the ball, the
>>>computers and the one that want it. The humans will choose the terms of the
>>>match and Kramnik has nothing to gain by playing, much to lose by losing.
>>>So he will call the shots and if you can't meet his rules he won't play.
>>>
>>>Since as already noted Shredder will not meet the terms why not just forget
>>>Shredder and lets get on with the match.
>>>
>>>
>>>>I will here see not an other program.
>>>>This is for me the reward for the fantastic work from Stefan Meyer Kahlen.
>>>
>>>
>>>Reward for the single SMP title? what about the work of others Fritz has
>>>led the SSDF almost straight for three years.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>All other opinions from other chess programmer to this case are own goals.
>>>>>>Sorry, but this is clear for me.
>>>>
>>>>>What is clear to me is that I was referring to the very funny texts you can read
>>>>>on the Millennium page. I guess they can fool people with absolutely no computer
>>>>>chess background, which might be the case of the majority of people reading this
>>>>>pages, maybe. So maybe this kind of propaganda actually works, unfortunately.
>>>>
>>>>The text on the Millennium webpage is OK for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>I think that says it all.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>What is not clear to me is how you can say things like "You can not beat
>>>>>Shredder in an official tourney". What are you trying to do with such a risky
>>>>>useless statement?
>>>
>>>>I have not see a tourney where Tiger make a better result compare to Shredder.
>>>>Sorry Christophe, we all know that your program is a monster and playing really
>>>>nice chess but this is for the moment not the question. If you have all the
>>>>titels what do you say in this point ?
>>>
>>>Lets face it, the only tourney your interested in is a World Title it don't
>>>matter to you have many personal tourneys Shredder loses in.
>>>Check Chris Taylors post here;
>>>http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?163185
>>>For some recent results.
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am World Champion of the latest years but I think we must play a qualification
>>>>tournament with Shredder, Fritz ...
>>>>
>>>>This is not the right way.
>>>
>>>
>>>In this case Shredder won't meet the conditions so what difference?.
>>>
>>>Sarah.



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