Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 14:55:29 12/30/03
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On December 30, 2003 at 17:21:58, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On December 30, 2003 at 15:31:55, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: > >>On December 30, 2003 at 15:20:34, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>> >>>>But tournaments where people are allowed to use any hardware they can find >>>>(non-uniform platform tournaments) are a pure nonsense. >>>> >>> >>>I completely agree with this. What is the point of program X running on a 2.4 >>>GHz machine against program Y which is running on a Quad? Does the result show >>>that program Y has better eval? better search? Nothing. It just shows that >> >>The point is to find the winner of the combination hardware+software. >>In other words, the top chess machine. It is not a software competition. > >You can be the best horse trainer in the world, but if you are given a donkey, >you will never win any race. The the only way to focus on horse training is to >provide everyone with a horse or with a donkey. The current system is a horse vs >donkey race. Don't choose a donkey if you train horses. Miguel > > > > >> >>>program Y can run over its opponent like a freight train. I think WMCCC events >>>will be more interesting and more meaningful from a scientific point of view. >> >>If there is science in building algorithms, there is some science in building >>hardware for chess too. >> >>Anyway, I will leave the word science out because any of these tournaments are >>more about sport. The important thing is the competition. >> >>Miguel
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