Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 13:35:47 05/15/03
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On May 15, 2003 at 16:26:46, Derek Paquette wrote:
>Here is a question I'd like to share with all of you,
>I was reading over the rebel site, and I was SHOCKED to see that rebel is
>beating up GM's and super grandmasters left right and center,
>http://www.rebel.nl/edindex.htm
>
>look at rebel vs...down the left side. These were done in 1999, on crappy
>processors that our processors laugh at today. They didn't have 8 processors
>and 2 gigabytes of ram. So the question is, what is going on here?
>
>Maybe emphasis is put too much on the results of computer vs computer to pick a
>computer 'champion' in man vs machine, instead of results vs humans?
>
>If i were to choose a program 'company' to honestly and aggressively make a
>program to beat the best in the world, i would put my money on Rebel
>
>Opinions?
Nothing is going on. And I am sure about one thing: hardware does not play
that important rule as in general imagined. Unfortunately I have not yet
found the time for a corresponding test: to let play engine X which wins
with a score of 70 % vs engine Y on same hardware, and then repeat a match
where Y has a hardware twice or threefold faster. I have no doubt that X
will still win the match. And finally: Rebel plays comparatively stronger
vs human than vs computers, just my opinion.
Kurt
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