Author: Ralph Jörg Hellmig
Date: 04:14:16 05/13/98
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On May 13, 1998 at 06:12:00, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > > >>fact the reason we have the Korrespondence Kup is *because* of your >>entirely unsubstantiated claims -- claims (to paraphrase: my software is >>by far the best in the world at long time controls) that didn't hold up >>when push came to shove (though I'll admit it was a small sample). You >>still perpetuate this nonsense. How many more years will it be before >>you give it up? > >KK kup was fake. Diep got black in the only 2 important games. >Just 2 games. > >And Diep got outbooked by both programs. >Game against Rebel it was directly lost. Diep's horrible in French. >Just look at ICC the % of wins of Diep in French. > Right! The two losses in KKKup I had the following reasons: 1. book (game vs Rebel), see above (Vincent already mentioned that this game may become a quick death directly after the opening, as the used Diep version did not know to handle the pawn structure in the French defense correctly for the black pieces...) 2. time problems , time control was too short. As Diep ran onto a 486 with 8 hours per move, I saw in the game vs Chessmaster (Dieps second loss) Diep wanting to play a move repetion just before the big mistake, wich was claimed as great tactics by CM. Diep failed low just in time, but missed it lacking on time, followed by the loosing move allowing that combination ... Thats the story from my point of view ... Diep showed in the Korrespondence Kup that it plays on the same level as the other top programs do. I did not see a gap on that time control. OK, four games is not representative at all, so obviously the Kup never can decide which program plays best correspondence chess. And one more thing: There is a difference between finding good moves and always doing the correct one. One wong move may loose a game ... So if there is a special time control, one program may play positionally better, but the other one has better tactics, for example, the positional better program will be stronger if the time control increases, as it does also see the deciding tactics ... Best wishes, Ralph (who operated Diep in KKKup I)
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