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Subject: Re: Rebel Never lost a match vs a GM, why DS then??

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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