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outdated) engine like GNU chess.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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