Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:46:40 05/11/01
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On May 11, 2001 at 17:29:43, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>On May 11, 2001 at 13:16:43, Larry Proffer wrote:
>>The game data will have been presented to him by somebody else.
>>
>>The game was a 'typical computer game' - meaning crappy old material grabber. As
>>you point out they could have found good games to illustrate Ferret - but it
>>appears they illustrated Ferret with a bad game. They could have illustrated
>>Ferret with ICC grade information - with game results, instead of game scores.
>>
>>But game results look good. This game score makes Ferret look bad (especially if
>>you conveniently forget 1996 and P133's).
>>
>>We know Enrique and Bertil don't usually deal in game scores. They deal in game
>>results. Enrique and Bertil are not specially known for their talents in
>>persuading grandmasters of the merits of programs based apon their chess
>>knowledge.
>>
>>This makes me suspect that the *originator* of this game score was someone other
>>than our experts. The originator of this game score, and its juxtaposition with
>>Ferret, was someone used to talking to grandmasters and who knows how to
>>influence them.
>>
>>Keene published this game because it was in his mind, and it had influenced him.
>>Or?
>
>now i do understand what you wanted to say with this. aha.
>
>looks plausible.
Well fine. We've got darth vader and the evil empire scoped out, but who's
going to play the part of Obie-Wan?
{ Fades to a scene of C3PO worrying aloud as R2D2 attaches a probe to the side
of the chess computer... }
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