Author: Mark Young
Date: 01:08:45 07/22/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 03:48:48, Howard Exner wrote: >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. Right now Rebel 10's results are just that very good results. But nothing that is a milestone. This kind of results is my book is not to unexpected. Now if you want a milestone maybe the 40 move in 2 hour games with Anand will give us one.
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