Author: Luis Smith
Date: 03:02:33 10/31/03
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On October 31, 2003 at 05:45:38, Ed Schröder wrote: >On October 31, 2003 at 04:27:54, Luis Smith wrote: > >>>I have to agree with your criticism. I was delighted to see the SSDF initiative, >>>but this is the wrong way of doing things and it does more harm than good. It's >>>better not to test this wonderful chess program than doing it this way. >> >>I disagree. >> >>What do you mean by "It's better not to test this wonderful chess program than >>doing it this way."? Do you mean because of the book? I saw no one crying >>"unfair" when Crafty used general.ctg. Besides the book must be 2-3 years old >>by now, and I am sure everyone has already optimized against it. Perhaps Johan >>can grab a few PGN's and let SSDF make it into a book? Would that satisfy all >>that critics? > >The SSDF policy is out-of-the-box testing, everything else is wrong. Own book, >own learner stuff. This only represents the true strength of a program. So does out "out-of-the-box" testing include Shredder 7.04? > > > >>>Suppose CM9000 will top the list in the next edition then I foresee the longest >>>thread in the history of CCC. Suppose it does real bad it will cause a similar >>>stir. > >>I disagree here also, when they announced the testing of it there wasn't as much >>of a stir as I thought there would be. There might be a few "Yays!" or "Johan >>is the greatest programmer ever" but I don't think it will cause much of a >>rutkus. > >Well, tell me if you want to put your money on it and how much :) haha sorry Ed you're asking the wrong person, I'm broke =O) > > > >>>Unfortunately good intentions not always guarantee wise decisions, perhaps we >>>have pressured them too much. > > >>Perhaps so, at one time I thought SSDF was an organization who only had >>Chessbase products top the list. Now seeing that they are testing TheKing 3.23 >>especially with SKR settings they have shown they have different intentions. > >Agreed, that's the good part, it shutdowns the conspiracy theorists. Yep, after a while I was believing it myself. > >My best, > >Ed How come the SSDF hasn't tested other versions of Rebel (besides Century 4)? Is it because of the past problems that you've had with them? Is the new Rebel even capable of auto-testing?
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