Author: Don Dailey
Date: 11:38:46 05/24/98
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On May 24, 1998 at 13:01:14, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On May 24, 1998 at 12:43:22, Mark Young wrote: > >>All of the latest programs that I know of played other programs on the >>slower hardware. Fritz 5 is not the only program that has been tested in >>this way. There is nothing wrong under ratings theory in testing this >>way. Since the programs running on slower hardware should have a lower >>rating. Making a win less important. And draws and losses costing Fritz >>5 more rating points. >> >>Is this the best way of testing chess program? Maybe not, but since the >>other programs also have been tested in this way. I don't see what your >>problem is. Other then you hate fritz 5. >> >> Mark Young > >Amen. > >Many of us made exactly this same point before, to no avail. When all >comments about Fritz 5 and the SSDF are systematically negative, their >meaning regard exclusively the objectivity of the author of these >comments. > >Thorsten: aside from the SSDF, Fritz 5 has been doing very well in games >played by me and by Mark, manually or not. Fritz 5 has been doing very >well too against strong human opponents. I have yet to see a positive >comment from you about anything at all regarding Fritz 5. Of course, you >don't have to. But since you are so actively involved in commenting >Fritz 5, it is difficult to take your criticisms as anything but an >emotional outburst. > >Enrique Or as sour grapes. (sorry Thorsten :-) - Don
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