Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 02:22:07 01/14/02
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On January 13, 2002 at 18:40:07, Ed Schröder wrote: >Finally yes, it was indeed a real odyssey, I thought it would never end :)) that was the sense of the name ! I thought it would take a little :-)) >Congrats of course to Stefan in the firsr place, Shredder being undefeated in >this strong field is an unbelievable good performance, quite exceptional too. Right. And shows why Shredder almost often wins tournaments. it is a very good tournament program. the ssdf results are a different thing - of course. >The other surprises, Yace and Crafty, well done. right. these programs come very close to the commercials. >The losers, Fritz, Chess Tiger, Junior but (hey) this tournament was just about >15 rounds and these programs are quite well listed in other computer events, not >such a big deal. right. >To you Thorsten, I want to thank you for running this great tournament and the >efforts you have put in, your dedication to provide the resuls, the games, >rankings and other interesting comments. And last but not least playing 195 >tournamnet games and if I understood you right many of these games had to run by >hand. A wonderful job. yes - thank you. this made much fun. I was often very surprised e.g. when socrates or mchess killed a big name. this is the exciting computerchess is about. and this is why the hobby is still alive, although most humans get killed by computer programs, there is still a competition between the leading (and the amateur- ) chess programs. >As for the round-reports and the analysis of all games the members of the >Baltijos Lyga Chess Club are way behind (round-10 or 11) by Thorsten's dramatic >speed-up of Odyssey 2001 in the last 5-6 rounds. These reports and analysis will >come, just a matter of time. One reason was of course the time i had during the chrismas days, and another factor, that should not underestimated was: in the last months i had 2 autoplayers, not 1. this increased everything. >With great curiosity I am looking forward to the comments of the Baltijos Lyga >Chess Club about their final (overall) verdict report about the 26 participating >chess programs of Odyssey 2001. Each program will be discussed in great detail. i hope so. >Maybe the GM's and IM's are able to point out a certain weaknes or a general >strange pattern in your program you are not aware off and thus may give you a >hint in which direction to work on your engine and perhaps improve it. this is what i would wish. that programmers and chess-players begin a fruitful dialogue. i hope this will increase the chess quality of the programs. i think this will be a topic the more time happens, because WHAT else can you increase in a modern chess program, speed ? Search ? ok - but i think the biggest lack is WORKING chess-knowledge that helps the program to find a plan, an idea how to build up the position. >Ed Thank you ed for publishing this long Odyssey on your web site.
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