Author: Chessfun
Date: 17:34:25 05/01/01
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On May 01, 2001 at 15:37:22, Amir Ban wrote:
>On May 01, 2001 at 13:30:48, Shay Bushinsky wrote:
>
>> We were happy to take part in the BGN qualification match held in Cadaques.
>>We would like to thank Prof. Enrique Irazouqi for his great effort both in
>>organizing and in conducting this exciting event. Although the end result was
>>painful, we are proud with the performance of Deep Junior and believe that it
>>sparkled the imagination of many computer chess followers.
>> We would also like to congratulate the Deep Fritz team,
>>Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist, for their win and for their very fine program.
>>We wish them success towards the ultimate confrontation with Kramnik.
>> Lets hope that beyond the disputes that practically characterize the world of
>>{computer} chess, we will keep seeing more of such events and that programs will
>>continue to play an important role in the game.
>>
>>Amir & Shay
>
>I'm signed to the above. I'll add a few notes:
>
>We noticed the low NPS number recorded in the log in some of the moves. I did
>not have this version of the interface which records NPS, so I had nothing to
>compare it to, but I saw that the low number occurred in one of two cases: 1.
>When Junior played immediately out of permanent brain 2. When Junior got a
>timeout in considering a move. Since otherwise NPS looked normal, my guess was
>that something goes wrong in the NPS calculation here (the engine reports total
>nodes, the interface converts it to NPS).
>
>It became obvious during the match that match strategy is needed, and the
>programs were not behaving rationally for the position in the match (e.g. see
>game 22). This could have been handled effectively by the contempt parameter.
>Tragically, this option was not available to Junior. I asked Enrique before the
>match to use 0 for contempt, and he, pleading forgetfulness, asked me to send a
>version that has this value hard-wired, and I did. So later, when I woke up to
>what was going on, I could do nothing about it.
>
>Likewise for two games that were scrapped due to technical glitches and
>replayed. Both were stopped in positions that were at least not worse for Junior
>(and for a still unknown reason, Fritz noted these games as losses). In
>hindsight we should have insisted that these games be continued, but we didn't.
>
>My expectation before the match was that it's too close to call.
>
>I believe Junior's playing style would be more effective vs. Kramnik, but he
>will be quite busy vs. Fritz. Good luck!
>
>Amir
You are both classy guys !!
You have produced a wonderful program best of luck with it.
Sarah.
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