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Subject: Re: Shredder is the World Computer Speed Chess Champion

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 16:53:40 07/07/04

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On July 07, 2004 at 19:51:36, James Robertson wrote:

>It means plenty. It means that Shredder is the blitz champion. It means that
>Crafty is the runner up.
>
>I suppose that most people consider the tournament time controls as more
>weighty, but that's is just opinion. Perhaps the most common opinion, but there
>is no scientific reason why the blitz tournament is less important for
>determining program quality.

The operator skill is much more important there than in the standard event...

A good operator can give the program 5 mins. A slow one 3 mins. That oughtta
count for something...

--
GCP



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