Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 06:38:19 02/17/04
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On February 17, 2004 at 08:41:16, Bob Durrett wrote: > > >The fact is that Hydra whipped a bunch of conventional chess computers at >Paderborn. That fact is indisputable. > >How??? > >How could Hydra, chugging away at the clock rate of a slow snail, win against >the high-nps conventional machines? > >They say "nps isn't everything." But could the truth be "nps isn't anything"? > >Maybe conventional wisdom ["The Earth is flat"] isn't right after all. > >Does anybody understand what happened? I feel that the results were monumental! > >Bob D. Tournaments with only a few rounds are simply lotteries. Obviously, not all participants have an even chance to win, but the chance of the best program winning is not 100%, it is more like 30%. This doesn't mean that they aren't fun, but I wouldn't draw any serious conclusions about strength from 7 games (IPCC) / 9 games (CCT) / 12 games (WCCC). Top chess programs are close enough in strength that you need hundreds of games to really decide which engine is stronger. anthony
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