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Subject: Re: Worst move ever??

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 13:32:49 10/28/01

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On October 28, 2001 at 16:14:31, Ron Langeveld wrote:

>On October 28, 2001 at 14:28:12, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On October 28, 2001 at 13:48:01, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On October 28, 2001 at 13:43:31, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 28, 2001 at 13:36:09, Chessfun wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On October 28, 2001 at 13:28:37, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>That *might* be the worst move ever.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And they expect this thing to beat Kramnik?  Geez....
>>>>>
>>>>>If they, refer's to Chessbase, I don't think I've ever
>>>>>read they expect it to beat Kramnik. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>Sarah.
>>>>
>>>>Ha!  Comparing it to Deeper Blue says otherwise.
>>>>
>>>>I don't think they have ever said, "..we will beat Kramnik..", but if they
>>>>didn't think they had a chance why would they play at all?
>>>
>>>Making it this far makes it easier for them to say they have the strongest chess
>>>engine available. This (I would assume) generates sales.
>>>
>>>I'm sure that's the main reasons for the whole thing -- advertising and
>>>exposure.
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>I just don't think Fritz 7 (on an 8 way box) getting its butt whooped by Kramnik
>>is that impressive.  It is exposure, but it's not going to get me to buy it.
>>
>>Seeing moves like this from Fritz 7 is what's going to make my mind up.
>
>Every engine has bugs, even your favourite one. Yet you still bought it. I'm not
>a big fan of Fritz, but your post simply begs for some relativity.
>
>
>Ron

Let me give you some "relativity":

Most programs, and yes, even my favorite, are going to make mistakes in their
eval.  That's a given.  No chess engine is immune to this.

However, going from 0.00 to mate in x is *absolutly* unacceptable for a
commercial engine.  I have yet to see my favorite engine do that.



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