Author: Uri Blass
Date: 14:15:39 05/01/01
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On May 01, 2001 at 16:42:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 01, 2001 at 15:30:26, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: > >>On May 01, 2001 at 12:18:47, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On May 01, 2001 at 10:40:06, Chessfun wrote: >>> >>>>On May 01, 2001 at 10:33:01, Rajen Gupta wrote: >>>> >>>>>after drawing 12-12 with junior. fritz is now leading in the play-off 2-0. dont >>>>>know what sort of play off this is or how long.in my opinion the 2 prog should >>>>>now be allowed to beat up other progs (and find which one does it more >>>>>effectively) or submit the games to a panel of expert human GMs to get their >>>>>opinion as to which of the 2 plays more human-like!and has better chances of >>>>>winning aginst a human super gm >>>>> >>>>>rajen >>>> >>>>According to Chessbase www.chessbase.com the play-off is over Fritz won. >>>> >>>>Sarah. >>> >>>Did this prove scientifically which is the best program? Was the luck factor >>>removed? >> >>Yes, the element of luck had been removed to a very high degree. At least for >>those programs which did not participate in this play-off. >> >>Uli > > >:) > >Suppose it had been a 22 game match. or a 30 game match. Care to wager who >would have won? > >The closer two programs are, the more it becomes a "coin toss". > >You get a better idea when a bunch of programs play in a tournament rather than >two programs in a basement match. When a lot of programs play in a tournament opening preperation against specific opponents is more important. The number of games of every program in a tournament is also usually smaller than the number of games in a match so I do not think that I can get better idea about the question which program is better from a tournament. Uri
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