Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 17:26:17 11/03/03
Go up one level in this thread
On November 02, 2003 at 21:34:33, James T. Walker wrote: >The book controversey and TheKing engine simply amaze me. The SSDF is not >testing Chessmaster 9000. They have chosen to test "TheKing" engine with the >General.Ctg book/SKR settings. That's all they are testing and they are not >making any claim that they are testing ChessMaster 9000. As long as they >disclose this fact I don't see any problem. The rating achieved will be the >rating of "TheKingSKR/General.ctg". Nothing more, nothing less. Where's the >beef? Why not they test all the engines with general.ctg? Why not test all the engines with modified settings? The SSDF has a history of testing engines out of the box with author's best settings. Why are they making an exception now? This whole situation is setting a bad precedent - who decided that they should test SKR. They have not even tested standard "King". What is to stop them from testing other modified settings and who decides what modified settings they test? -- it's starting to sound like "Do what they want , they will anyway" The new lack of controls around their testing process degrades the process that they had standardize for so many years. It's shame and the begining of a sad era in the history of SSDF if this takes place. Those are my opnions and I know many disagree with me on this point.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.