Author: Thomas Lagershausen
Date: 02:55:37 03/11/03
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On March 11, 2003 at 03:31:45, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 11, 2003 at 02:59:44, Derek Paquette wrote: > >>Its great that a game vs DS is being organized on ICC, i'm definately going to >>watch! However, why not get a game organized using Rebel 12 (beta1) which >>Ed S. said was the strongest? Maybe use it vs the same GM, in a second game, >>as the same color, see how each play it out. I think that would be more >>interesting, than the switching of personalities, but the switching of engines. >>I'd love to see rebel kicking ass, according to their site, its never lost a >>match vs a human >> >>thoughts? >>-Derek > >I think that using results of old Rebel is irrelevant because the question is >about new programs and not about old programs. > >I do not see why a match against a human in fast time control is so interesting >to watch. > >top programs already drew against super GM's at 120/40 so the only way to make >a game/60 against a GM interesting is not to use the best program or to use a >slow hardware or to use rules that help humans(for example every side has the >right to take back moves in the game but not more than 3 times and the clocks >are not changed when the side take back moves). > >I do not see what is the interest in a match when the computer is a clear >favourite. > >Uri First, to name Rebel a old program is very very under any good taste.Rebel is as good as any other topprogram but with its own style. What about a match between Movie and Rebel? Second, your opinion that computers are favourites against human grandmasters is a very subject way to see the things.I would bet any amount of bucks that GM Yasser Seirawan wins a match against every topprogram of the world. TL
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