Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 18:20:11 07/02/02
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On July 02, 2002 at 20:42:16, Russell Reagan wrote: >Which computer chess tournaments have hardware limitations and which are >"anything goes"? > >To me, a tournament between computers where "anything goes" is meaningless. Although a more or less agree with the general thrust of your bulletin, I think it would be a mistake to assume that NOTHING good could come out of the wccc competitions. >If >it is a computer vs. human, then that is something entirely different I think. >What does taking a super computer to a tournament and winning against (possibly >superior) engines running on slower hardware prove? An interesting question. Perhaps it would provide some information regarding how much difference better hardware could be expected to make. >To me it doesn't prove >anything other than you had the money to win a tournament. To me that doesn't >imply that any engine was better than another if it's anything goes. But what if DIEP loses? >IBM could >build another super computer and run an alpha-beta search with piece-square >table evaluation and win the "world championship", and it hasn't proved that it >was the best engine. > >Is anyone else turned off my a competition between computers where it's open >hardware? No, but it is a "different ball game" from competitions where the hardware is equivalent. I like watching different kinds of ball games. Baseball, football, tennis, etc. >I don't think it proves a thing as far as which engine is better. Unless DIEP loses! >I >guess it depends which aspect you are interestd in. If you're interested in >hardware, then you probably like the open hardware competitions. If you're >interested in AI in computer chess, then you're probably more likely to enjoy an >equal hardware competition. To me a competition that can be bought doesn't mean >anything. Oops! Those are "fighting words!" Watch out! Vincent will zap you for that. >It might as well just be a bidding process to see who is the next >"champion". > >Any thoughts? > >Russell I look forward to hearing the details about how, and to what extent, DIEP had to be modified to make it work well on the 1024-processor computer. Bob D.
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