Author: blass uri
Date: 14:19:59 07/02/98
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On July 02, 1998 at 16:19:44, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On July 02, 1998 at 05:08:07, Shaun Graham wrote: > >>So what are thoughts on the Rebel 10 Junior 5 match? I posted in RGCC a while >>back, that i thought the Rebel vs Anand Match was an Extremely risky venture. >>Sure Shroeder will get publicity,but it will be BAD publicity, and perhaps >>negatively effect Rebels reputation negatively. In the Fritz vs Anand match, at >>least Fritz had the The tournament win to fall back on if the match with Anand >>went bad(though i don't call a draw bad). Let us not forget however that Anand >>had other things on his mind too before the Fritz match, like The Nixdorf >>Giants. In the Rebel match his full concentration could be on totally >>destroying rebel! Rebel didn't even beat Junior(taking nothing away from junior >>of course), but in the words of Elmer Fudd "Oh Da howror!" > >I think it is only risky if he can be compared badly to one of his competitors. > >For instance, say that Fritz beats some GM by 1.5 to 0.5, and then Rebel loses >by 0.0 to 2.0, then he'd be in some trouble. > >Unrealistically, actually. Different players have different strengths and >weaknesses, they play more or less well against various computers at various >time controls, the computer may be lucky or unlucky, etc. > >Actually perhaps the public is a little more forgiving than this. > >Here is another example. > >Some time ago we had Hiarcs vs Hergott, and Hiarcs won. I don't think this was >a foregone conclusion, I think an IM would be at an advantage in a 6-game match >at normal time controls. I have an IM who would be willing to do another match. > >But if I offered up my own program in order to test this, and it lost the match, >people would see this not as evidence that IM's are better than micros when they >feel like playing, but rather as evidence that Hiarcs is a lot better than my >program. So from my point of view, it would be very dangerous for me to do this >match. > >So in order to do this, I have to find another program the the public perceives >is better than or equal to Hiarcs, and mine isn't in this category, nobody knows >how good my program is. Probably I need to use Rebel or Fritz instead. > >I have an IM, and I have a nice computer and some good programs, but what I need >is a sponsor, and that's harder to get. > >bruce I believe that non commercial programs can have better results because the IM cannot buy them and learn their weaknesses before the match. uri
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