Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:49:17 12/18/03
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On December 18, 2003 at 05:31:29, Mridul Muralidharan wrote: >On December 18, 2003 at 05:12:20, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On December 18, 2003 at 04:48:58, Tord Romstad wrote: >> >>>On December 17, 2003 at 18:08:14, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>> >>>>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 :) >>> >>>I doubt that. I think the vast majority of the amateur chess engines are >>>private. If you play on the ICC, for instance, you will see that there are >>>lots of very strong engines which are not publicably available, which do >>>not play in any of the Winboard tournaments, but are clearly extremely >>>strong. >>> >>>From what I have seen, it seems that my engine is at least on the same >>>level as Genesis, but I don't think it is among the top 500 programs. >>> >>>Tord >> >>I agree that genesis is probably not in the top 100 but I believe that like your >>engine it is in the top 500. >>I guess that part of the private engines are practically a clone of commercial >>programs or free programs. >> >>Programmers who develop strong programs need to test them and if somebody >>like Leo give free computer time for testing then I see no reason not to send >>the program to him. >> >>Uri > > > Leo is doing a great job - but that does not imply that everyone >will/must/shall use his excellent services. > Lot would prefer to test their engines themselves or with their own testers >until they decide to make it public (I am in this category) or never make them >public but continue it as a hobby. >Need I repeat the wisecrack about "assume" here again ? ;) > >Mridul You do not have to make your program public in order to participate in WBEC. The only reason that I understand not to participate there is if your program does not support winboard but there are also tournaments by other people when arena is used. Uri
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