Author: Rex
Date: 16:21:55 04/16/04
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On April 16, 2004 at 10:54:12, Stephen Ham wrote: >On April 16, 2004 at 09:00:36, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>First it was Deep Fritz against Kramnik then Deep Junior versus Kasparov, >>nothing but to boring draw matches. It is about time for us to see the strongest >>chess program Shredder 8 accomplishing what Deep Blue did back in 1997 against >>Kasparov. >> >>Jorge > >Jorge, > >I think that you're forgetting that the strongest engine in engine versus engine >contests (Shredder 8) isn't, as a consequence, the strongest versus humans. >That's why Rebel probably has the best record against humans of any engine to >date. I've read that Crafty scores well against us too. > I 100% agree. Rebel does have the best record, yet to be beaten in an offical tourney, against a human. The playing style is that of a human, but weak against comp matches. Although Rebel does play nice in long time controls against comps. >There's many reasons for this. For example, in engine versus engine contests, it >seems that search speed is the most important element. But this is far less >important against humans, since even the slowest of the top 50-engines can >compute far faster than any human. So increasing dominance in area where engines >are already nearly totally dominant, really adds minimal value. > >So if I had to bet money on which engine would most likley defeat humans, my >money is on Rebel. > >Stephen
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