Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 18:30:49 03/25/02
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On March 25, 2002 at 19:49:19, Ed Schröder wrote: >On March 25, 2002 at 18:09:46, Joshua Lee wrote: > >>Ed, Your program is excellent but it was lost in 16 moves against Van Wely >>What's your excuse bad book? Computers do not know everything that the average >>GM knows , just because you can win two games does not mean that your program is >>automatically better and besides it played like a 2297elo rated player in those >>two games. Rebel is within 400elo that is the best you can say untill you play >>more than 6 games. I am not sure statistically how many games would reduce the >>margin of error to show well rebel on this hardware is 2600 or 2650 but it has >>to be over 6 games. Maybe a math wiz here would give their opinion. >> >>Best Wishes > >The strong point of the previous posting is the recognition that GM's are >extremely vulnerable, they make mistakes and many more when the time control is >near. I have played enough matches in the between time to notice the pattern. >All the excuses after a lost game by the GM are as valid as the programmer >making his excuses. All of them don't count. Better say, the computer was better >today and vice versa. > >Also these 8 games are not at 40/2:00, it was offered to Gulko, refusing was a >capital mistake, I have said that before the match. > >Ed Here I agree completely Ed, fast time controls indeed favor the machine! Unless your a "Super Blitz Wiz" you're normally asking for trouble, as human brains take much more time than their primitive but lighting fast counterparts:) Terry
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