Author: Rex
Date: 05:36:51 05/19/03
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On May 19, 2003 at 06:05:46, Mark Young wrote: >On May 19, 2003 at 02:50:16, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On May 19, 2003 at 02:39:04, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>Even if there was only 9 rounds, King's performance was stunning when You look >>>at the hardware: King has only AMD XP2200 when Shredder has dual XEON 2800! That >>>dual must be at least 2x faster or maybe 3-4x with hypertreading?! >>> >>>Jouni >> >>Not to mention, but it was the same old version as last year with a minor >>improvement on the Opening Book. This is why a match of only 9 games instead of >>double round robin of 18 games doesn't impress me at all. Any of the engines >>that ended in the 1st to 8th position can win next year without any major >>improvement, it is just a matter of luck. >> >>Jorge > >I agree, why people will put stock in this tournament is beyond me, and to make >any claims about what program is best is nuts. If I were to post a tournament I >ran at home on my computers with only nine rounds and started making claims >about the programs from only nine rounds of play. What would the reponse of this >forum be? There is HUGE amounts of stock in this tournament. This was NOT some tourney played on someones computer in their basement. Leiden is a highly recognized tournement and official one as that. Just look at many commercial programs advertising their WIN to this tourney in past years as advertisement for themselves. Yes CM9000 may end up last place if another like this was played but you know what... It ended up FIRST in the tourney that mattered!!
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