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Subject: Re: Future match ? - Russek vs Rebel results.

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 07:27:19 04/25/02

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On April 25, 2002 at 10:16:13, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On April 25, 2002 at 07:42:13, Chris Carson wrote:
>
>>On April 24, 2002 at 13:38:13, Vicente Fernández wrote:
>>
>>>On April 23, 2002 at 13:51:16, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>>Does anybody remember the match between Guil Russek and Rebel Century? I think
>>>it ilustrates very well, though with a relatively older rebel version, what the
>>>result would be like.
>>>Vicente
>>
>>Yes, you have a good memory.
>>
>>Match: Jan, 2000.  Rebel Century on K6-400Mhz, time 40/2 + SD/30, Russek 2395, 4
>>game match.
>>
>>Rebel won 3-1 (2 wins, 2 draws) for a TPR of 2595.
>>
>>My gues is that Rebel (latest version) on an AMD 1.9Ghz machine would increase
>>the performance to 3.5 (3 wins, one draw) for a TPR of 2695, oh I forgot, it
>>just got that performance against a 2700 GM who played 100 preparation games
>>before the match.  :)
>
>
>Chris, of course you are joking.  I know that you are way too smart to believe
>that results against one human (or a small set of humans) PROVES that such will
>be the results against ALL humans forever more, or that humans can NEVER devise
>better anti-computer techniques.

The above is fact.  I nerver said the words "Proves" or "Never".  However, the
comps have played enough games to establish themselves as strong GM players.

>
>I also refuse to believe for one moment that you would have been one of those
>people who said that man could NEVER build heavier-than-air devices that can fly
>just because they hadn't yet at some point in the past, or that organ
>transplants would NEVER be possible because they hadn't yet been performed
>successfully at some point in the past.

Ofcourse people can adapt and create new developments.  Comercial programs that
play like strong GM's is another example.




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