Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 15:20:09 12/30/03
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On December 30, 2003 at 17:55:29, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >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. Not everyone can afford a horse... But in 2004 I will certainly join with a dual horse :) > >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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