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Subject: Re: Shredder Breaks 2800 Barrier !!

Author: Jens Kahlenberg

Date: 08:58:22 07/09/03

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On July 09, 2003 at 10:17:37, Uri Blass wrote:

>On July 09, 2003 at 07:41:56, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On July 09, 2003 at 07:15:47, Peter Stayne wrote:
>>
>>>Mick, see about 10 threads below.
>>>
>>>On July 09, 2003 at 05:59:20, Mick Turner wrote:
>>>
>>>>First Chess Program to ever to do on SSDF !
>>>>
>>>>http://w1.859.telia.com/~u85924109/ssdf/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1048
>>
>>It also means there is inflation with the ELO at SSDF.
>
>No
>
>I do not see inflation because inflation means that all programs get better
>rating.
>
>>
>>Many people confuse such numbers, thinking that means these programmes are
>>reaching 2800 FIDE which simply isn't so.
>
>1)The pools are different pools but we have not a proof that Shredder7.04(A1200)
>is not at the level of 2800 FIDE.
>

That's true and we have not a proof that Shredder 7.04 has even reached the
level of 2700 FIDE-ELO.

>2)It is also impossible to find fair Fide rating by games against humans because
>humans can learn the weakness of the program by playing against it at home when
>they cannot do the same against human opponents.
>

Hmmm ... a specialist might tune the engine on games basis of the human
opponent, is that fair?! (BTW: Boris Alterman did more than a 24 hours job after
Deep Junior lost 1st game against Garry)


>3)I think that the only  test to get ssdf rating for humans is to play a
>tournament when no player know the opponents.
>

... but in your ssdf-rating-tournament the humans should be allowed to look into
an opening book and of course have access to TBs (if you really think that
getting a ssdf rating for humans is a good idea)


>The tournament can be that everybody plays everybody but the players are playing
>in different rooms and do not know against who they are playing and there is a
>computer program that tells them the move of the opponent.
>
>It is the case in the ssdf games because the computers do not take advantage
>of knowing of specific weaknesses of the opponents and shredder does not use
>different parameters against Junior and against Fritz and I think that it is not
>allowed by the rules to do it.
>
>Uri

Regards,
Jens



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