Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 23:42:18 04/16/01
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On April 17, 2001 at 02:15:27, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>On April 16, 2001 at 20:02:02, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 16, 2001 at 03:31:12, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>
>>>On April 16, 2001 at 02:46:59, Chessfun wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 16, 2001 at 02:13:32, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 15, 2001 at 14:50:33, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On April 15, 2001 at 03:05:47, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi Sandro,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have read Deep Blue has been invited too. What should happen if the DB
>>>>>>people say yes and want to play Kramnik. Should we say: since DB has beaten
>>>>>>Kasparov DB is the real and only candidate?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ed
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Ed,
>>>>>
>>>>>no, I think only commercial program version like our should be used. I think
>>>>>your 2 programs (Rebel and Chess Tiger) should be included in the list too, but
>>>>>I am not the one that decides.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sandro
>>>>
>>>>Sandro, I thought your opinion was that Shredder was the only candidate?.
>>>>The above would indicate otherwise.
>>>
>>>No, if only one program should match Kramnik this is Shredder because it is the
>>>world champion.
>>
>>
>>
>>Then it must be the version of Shredder which played in the 2000 WMCCC, on the
>>same hardware.
>
>Sorry I do not agree.
>>
>>Because a newer version on a different hardware (in particular on a
>>multiprocessor computer) does NOT own any World title as far as I know.
>
>If you are mad because you did not win the Computer Chess World Championship is
>not my fault.
No, I'm not mad Sandro. :)
I have won some tournaments with my program too, and I'm fine. :)
You know, there is so much randomness involved in short tournaments, they do not
mean that much.
>Since it is the only title recognized by ICCA, for me it is the most important
>one. So the best version of that program with the fastest hardware should be
>used.
>This is my opionion. Sorry.
This is just your opinion.
I think that the best program of today should be used. Not just a program that
has won a short tournament last year and has been hiding away from the SSDF
then.
The organizers of the tournament need the best program. I they fail to select
the best, the general audience will learn about this, and the disappointement
will be huge.
Their money is not well invested if they do not make sure that the best program
plays.
If Shredder is really the best, why did Weiner refuse to let the SSDF publish
its the results, and why did Weiner withdraw from the event when it learned that
Shredder would have to qualify against Deep Fritz and Deep Junior?
That smells.
Christophe
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