Author: Thomas Mayer
Date: 15:30:51 12/17/03
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Hi Omid, >>Ruffian 2.0 by Per-Ola Valfridsson (Sweden) is the >>strongest Winboard compatible engine in the world today. > >Even if correct, it is impossible to verify whether a program is *the* strongest >in the world. But it is perfectly OK to say that the program is "one of the" >strongest programs in the world. Actually, I can claim that Genesis is one of >the strongest programs in the world, and that is correct, since Genesis is in >the top 100 :) which you can't proof either because there are maybe 250 known engines, but we do not know how many engines are not known... :) Anyway you can say still that Genesis is one of the strongest programs in the world - as long you do not say anything like top 10, top 100 or top 1000 :) That's why world championships, CCTs, SSDF-List etc. are so important because they give you something you can advertise with - e.g. to say that a predecessor of current Ruffian is the highest rated winboard engine at current SSDF list is fully correct. He can also say that in his last tourney Ruffian did win and get a higher rating then Shredder... That can be fully proofed. But to be strongest or best is not to verify and not to proof finally. So I am very sure that it can't be advertised that way. Greets, Thomas
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