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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