Author: Mark Young
Date: 02:30:04 06/25/01
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On June 25, 2001 at 00:22:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 24, 2001 at 23:06:09, Slater Wold wrote: > >>I am holding a qualifing match between ALL the top programs. The time control >>will be 25/10 and it will be a 3 cycle Round Robin. >> >>The purpose of this tournament is to qualify an engine to go against several >>2500+ GM's in the next 5-6 months. These games will also be played at 25/10. >> >>Each game will be played on a Dual Pentium III 1,000Mhz ~ 184MB hash. Pondering >>will be on, and the default book will be used, at tournament levels. > > >One question: what is the point of playing computers against each other, to >choose one to play against a human? Isn't this like playing 9 holes of golf >to choose the challenger for the world champion in the shot put? Bob is there any conclusive evidence to show or suggest the strongest computer playing other computers, is not the strongest or at least a good benchmark when playing humans? I know this is debatable, but I have seen nothing conclusive to suggest this is a pure waste of time. If you are correct, what was the point in playing Junior 7 Vs. Fritz 7 for the match with GM Kramnik? Did you make the same objection? > > > > >> >>Engines participating will be: >> >>Chess Tiger 14.0 >>Deep Fritz >>Gambit Tiger 2.0 >>Hiarcs 7.32 >>Junior 6.0 >>Nimzo 8 >>Shredder 5 >>Crafty 18.10 >> >>If Shredder, Junior, or Crafty win, the SMP versions will be used against the >>GMs. >> >>As the games are played, I will post them. Probably on a website. >> >>Each engine will be given a deafult ELO of 2400. This is only so we can have a >>relative average of performance. >> >> >>Slate
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