Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:05:02 08/23/02
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>Well, give them a break then. Yeah, the logs weren't available, the re-match
>didn't happen. Just a lot of stuff they hadn't planned for happened and didn't
>happen.
The logs are available for download at the IBM site of DB.
>
>From the outside, I guess their behavior looked strange, rude, unaccountable.
>But if you think about it (especially if you've ever worked in a
>mega-corporation), it makes perfect sense.
>
>Why people can't see this is beyond me. Why do we need to hear you guys
>discredit their work, belittle their playing strength, and pooh pooh their
>victory? What is there to be learned from such stuff?
>
>All the other DT/DB machines were the best. DB2 was surely that and much more.
>
>Why is that so hard to accept?
I agree completely. I also agree with your use of "were" and "was".
>You will say "I analyzed the games. They didn't impress me". Yet they were
>good enough to rattle and _defeat_ THE WORLD CHAMPION.
>
>Even THE WORLD CHAMPION HIMSELF was impressed with at least _one_ move.
Sort of. He claimed that the move was evidence of cheating as neither Fritz nor
Hiarcs would play it after any length of time. Only the WC can explain why he
thought DB would play like a souped up Fritz or Hiarcs.
>I'd bet GNUChess running on a 10ghz processor could beat today's commercials on
>their 2ghz machines. Surely, DB2 would have an even greater speed advantage.
I'm 100% sure it would get clobbered. It might interest you to know that in the
SSDF matches played for Hiarcs 8, Hiarcs 8 running on an Athlon 1200 MHz lost to
Junior 7 running on a K62-450 MHz. Not a common occurence to be sure, but it
does illustrate that speed is not everything.
Albert
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