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Subject: Re: Micro Milestones vs Humans

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 00:48:48 07/22/98

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On July 22, 1998 at 02:59:55, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>What is the milestone in Rebel vs Anand?

3-1 victory in blitz match with an almost 2800 rated player.
1.5-.5 victory in a game/15 match ...
>
>bruce

Is the use of the word milestone the hurdle here?

Remember, my post included this sentence:

Maybe milestones is too strong a word but some kind of site would be
nice that would showcase the accomplishments of the many programmers in this
area of computer chess.

I hoped that I made the intention clear by citing a few examples.
Here are the other ones:

Crafty winning a state championship
Genius beating Kasparov in game/30
Listing the first micro to beat a GM
The net tournament of game/30 where the computers did so well.
(Wasn't Ferret part of that computer group?)

Are the few examples I've given not worthy candidates of accomplishments
made by chess programs?
If Rebel-Anand isn't noteworthy which of the above are?

I wasn't looking for some rigid test that the programs had to pass
to be included. For example, I think an accomplishment would be
citing some of the current ICC computer ratings. Put in an historical
perspective that to me is quite an achievement.






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