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Subject: Re: The Diepeveen Challenge

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 07:12:12 01/15/03

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On January 15, 2003 at 09:31:55, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On January 15, 2003 at 04:59:32, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>I think the main point of Bob is to get a "I was wrong" from Vincent Diepeveen !
>>;)
>
>It is more likely I will get hit by a snowball delivered from hell, I believe.
>:)
>
>Some arguments are unanswerable.  IE is DB stronger than DF.  Because DB is
>gone.  But other arguments can easily be proven or disproven.  This is one.
>Because
>I have the 1997 versions of Crafty and I have 1997 hardware platforms here.  The
>only thing "missing" is Vincent, where he finally gets a chance to "proof"
>something
>in a real test.
>
>And he disappears or changes the subject...

Maybe Vincent thinks you would cheat, and substitute Crafty on a supercomputer.

Bob D.


>
>Maybe one day I will explain to him why the "smaller" BTB on the PIV is actually
>far better than a larger one that doesn't use the new algorithm.  But I'll wait
>a while.
>
>Matt's already explained why 8 bit instructions are not always bad to use on a
>PIV.
>
>Crafty will be quite happy to demonstrate why making outrageous statements can
>sometimes
>lead to outrageous embarassment.  :)
>
>
>
>
>>
>>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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