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Subject: Re: The Diepeveen Challenge

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 01:59:32 01/15/03

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I think the main point of Bob is to get a "I was wrong" from Vincent Diepeveen !
;)

On January 14, 2003 at 21:57:16, John Merlino wrote:

>On January 14, 2003 at 21:04:31, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On January 14, 2003 at 16:04:28, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On January 14, 2003 at 15:28:37, Bas Hamstra wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 14, 2003 at 15:03:09, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On January 14, 2003 at 14:57:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm still waiting.  Vincent, you claimed "you could easily beat a 1997 program
>>>>>>on 1997
>>>>>>hardware."  I have a 1997 program and 1997 hardware waiting for you to prove
>>>>>>that
>>>>>>statement on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have mentioned this more than once after you made the outrageous claim.  You
>>>>>>have
>>>>>>_never_ responded.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Is this another case of "I put my foot in my mouth, now I am going to 'go
>>>>>>silent' and
>>>>>>hope everyone forgets?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't forget that much...
>>>>>
>>>>>Damn it Hyatt let it be. Why does it bother you ? You are not half the player he
>>>>>is and I believe he can do it. Crafty is not a good blitzer.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>Wayne
>>>>
>>>>Pffff, sissy. Come on Vincent, the whole CCC (except for some sissies) is
>>>>waiting!
>>>>
>>>>Bas.
>>>
>>>...and other people who couldn't care less, I imagine.... like myself....
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>
>>I would guess you mean "you are more interested in seeing a computer play
>>against a GM rather than seeing a computer thrash a loudmouth"???
>>
>>:)
>
>Uh, well, more or less....
>
>And, after all, Vincent isn't even an IM (and states in his finger notes that
>his goal is to be an IM by 2005!). That's certainly better than I am, but it
>almost certainly isn't able to compete against ANY comp in blitz. PERHAPS even a
>comp running on 5-6 year old hardware, assuming the human in question doesn't
>get a lot of time to prepare against the opponent....
>
>But what would the contest prove (to the community at large) anyway? If Crafty
>wins, all it did was beat an FM at blitz. If Vincent wins, all he did was win
>against a non-commercial program running on 6 year old hardware.
>
>Sounds to me like it isn't really worth the hassle any more. But it also sounds
>like, as time goes on, Vincent has a better chance of winning....
>
>jm



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