Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:40:01 11/21/03
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On November 21, 2003 at 03:58:30, Mridul Muralidharan wrote: >On November 20, 2003 at 23:23:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 20, 2003 at 14:23:10, Amir Ban wrote: >> ><snip> > >>>Sure. There are tens if not hundreds of Americans who would make me look silly >>>with multi-million $ projects and $10 million hardware. The only thing holding >>>them back is that they can't afford to go to Europe. >>> >>>It has been tested once in a Rebel vs. Crafty match where Crafty was given a 100 >>>to 1 time advantage. The match was aborted after Rebel won the first game. >>> >> >>How about doing a couple of things: >> >>(1) tell the entire story. (a) one game doesn't mean _anything_. (b) Ed >>played multiple games with crafty and rebel having a _very_ long time for >>each move. Crafty won. Does that prove anything? Nope, other than the >>one handicap game was meaningless. >> >>(2) I'll be _happy_ to take you on at 100:1 time odds, anything you think >>you are ready. I'll even put up a wager to make it interesting. I am >>talking about a match of at least 10 games. Interested? You'd be >>stupid if you were. Because I wouldn't play _any_ program at that time >>handicap, including the original Sargon... >> > > >I'm pretty sure that even if I try at these odds , Junior might beat messchess - >but I sure as hell wont go around asking for any sort of advantage just 'cos >Junior or rebel or whatever program is better than mine ! > >Pretty sad that you express such desires for a match - I used to think that >crafty is not exactly that bad ! I didn't "express such desires for a match". I didn't bring it up _at all_. I responded to the idea however. >100:1 / knight piece up / atleast 2x speedup and yet only neck to neck ?! >(refered to in other post) - looking for other advantages to take care of >program deficiencies ?! I'm sure crafty can handle better than this ! I _know_ it doesn't need 100:1. But then again, _I_ didn't mention 100:1. That was brought up by Amir. I just challenged it... > >AND , no comments on this US vs Europe/ICGA discussions :) > > >Mridul > ><snip> >>
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