Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:31:54 06/25/01
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On June 25, 2001 at 06:03:05, Uri Blass wrote: >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? > >In most of the cases the better program against computers is also better against >humans. That simply isn't true. Period. You only have to visit ICC and watch a few games to see that this doesn't work. > >I do not know about one top program against computers that is weaker than 2200 >against humans when there are a lot of amateurs against computers that are also >weaker than 2200 against humans. I didn't give a "2200 rating" anywhere. I simply said that playing a bunch of computers against each other will _not_ find out which one is best suited to play against humans. Period. Nothing more, nothing less... > >I do not know about one top program against humans who has less than 2200 ssdf >rating. > I don't see what this has to do with the question at hand. >(I say 2200 only to be careful and I could say a bigger number) > >Saying that we can learn nothing from the results against computers about the >results against humans is wrong. > >Uri No it isn't. It is clearly based on observable fact...
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