Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 17:23:08 10/20/02
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On October 20, 2002 at 17:55:55, Bob Durrett wrote:
>Why Fritz and Junior not among Top computers at ICC?
>
>I just looked at "best computers" at the Internet Chess Club [ICC] and noted
>that the top blitz programs are NOT Fritz and Junior.
>
>{{Note: at ICC, "best" is a command.}}
>
>
>Why is that? Maybe Kramnik was playing against the wrong engine?
>
>Bob D.
The ICC is an uncontrolled enviroment -
1. You have muiltple ranges of TC's.
2. You have unscrupolous operators that will repeatedly plays games against a
machine that is having problems.
3. You have rating fanatical operators that do the following:
A. Will only play certain players.
B. Force the computer to make moves it didn't make.
C. Will only play higher rated opponents.
D. Etc
4. A variety of hardware, some with SMP, some with not.
5. Internet instability - causing some programs to lose a won position, or win
a lost position. Various glitches happen.
6. A wide range of operator experience - some are better than others.
SSDF is a much better guess because is has better controlled enviroment - but
that has it faults too.
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