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Subject: Re: Bad Joke?

Author: Chessfun

Date: 15:17:41 04/18/01

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On April 17, 2001 at 15:51:28, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On April 17, 2001 at 14:00:58, Chessfun wrote:

>Of course it will be allowed. It would be a complete joke if a stranger would be
>operating the engine in the actual match as well or not allowed to modify
>settings between games. It's not an autoplay match with a dummy.


You already think it's a complete joke...no? therefore without SMK would it
be a complete complete joke?.


>Yes, they are, because it's a tournament format. As I once explained to you,
>different methods of engine-engine matchups measures different things. Each
>method has its weaknesses and strengths. A lot of games with inferior setup
>isn't necessarily better than fewer games with optimal settings. A combination
>is clearly better, but it won't happen.


Of course they measure different things. I have said from the start the
best comp v comp engine regardless of how it's determined don't mean a
thing playing a human. How will the settings not be optimal without the
programmer? The settings will be as they should be, as the released verion is.


>>It's a match word it any way you choose to make it seem like a
>>tournament, but it's still a match. A match that has a number of
>>elements absent from regular events.
>
>I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here. The final match between
>Kramnik and the challenger will be in tournament format roughly similar to ICCA
>events and DB-Kasparov.

I am talking about the qualifying event not the Kramnik match.
There are two programs play Deep's Fritz and Junior.

Sarah.





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