Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 09:15:58 06/25/01
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On June 25, 2001 at 10:39:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 25, 2001 at 00:59:22, Peter McKenzie 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? >> >>I'd say its more like running a 400m race to choose a challenger for the 400m >>hurdles. Thing is, its hard to do any better when you can't find any hurdles to >>use. > > > >There are thousands of hurdles on ICC, FICS, EICS, and USChessLive > >:) > Most of those hurdles are either too low, or only available for the 100m sprint :-) > > > >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>>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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