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Subject: Re: Open Dutch (10) Xinix beats Ruffian!!

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 09:14:15 10/26/03

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On October 26, 2003 at 10:48:02, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On October 26, 2003 at 09:19:00, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>I do not think that gnu is an interesting opponent and I guess that strong
>>programs like smarthink can get more than 50% against gnu even with hardware
>>handicap of 10:1 when the time control is G/90 and gnu get the best hardware
>>that it can use.
>
>GNU isn't supposed to be an interesting opponent. There's a distinction between
>including a potential competitor like SmarThink and an inferior (and presumably
>outdated) engine like GNU chess. The difference is tournament chess instead of
>idleness in case of a bye versus free entrance of a competitive engine. The
>latter doesn't seem logical since the rest had to register to compete.
>
>Regards,
>Mogens

The rest also use better hardware and a competitive engine on gnu hardware is
still a siginificant handicap.

Uri



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