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Subject: Re: Well is agree must be a bug! MY results have been great for GANDALF5.0

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:27:57 01/21/02

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On January 20, 2002 at 22:08:10, robert flesher wrote:

>People can say who is this guy! Well ill accept any responses posted. BUT! I
>have been a very huge computer chess fan for over 15 years!. I am a strong
>player according to ICC rated 2150-2200. I have a good friend and also
>Master(postal GM), who i take lessons from once a week .Bob has  also has
>observed my matches.He agrees that Gandalf playe incredible chess. Say what you
>like, I say people are TO DAMNM LAZY, Get rid of AUTO 232, ERT and whatever
>other winboard interfaces. Play one Comp VS another Comp. Has anyone ever
>noticed that Shredder always seems to win World championship, yet never has a
>rating that reflects this by SSDF. ???????????? i wonder why?? Simple logic, or
>so it would seem. Carve me!! Say what you like. This is my opinion, and that is
>how i feel. Gandalf 5.0 is as strong as any other easy, and maybe a tad
>stronger.

The result of 10-19 would not be at all surprising for evenly matched engines.

I think you will find that your intuition is not nearly as good as scientific
data.

Sometimes, we watch a game where a program plays brilliantly.  By that game, we
get a certain impression.  But there will be other games where the program is
not so brilliant.

I have seen claims where people will analyze a single move and make statements
about the strength of a program (in fact, I have made them myself!) and yet we
should recognize that such opinions are purely subjective and the presense of
more data should be able to sway our simplistic impressions.



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