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Subject: Re: and as an additional question..

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 04:34:59 07/08/04

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On July 08, 2004 at 07:18:47, steven blincoe wrote:

>>>then being world champion does not neccessarily mean it is the best chess
>>>program
>
>>Correct.  The only point of the WCCC event has been to find the best computer
>>chess player in the world.  Where computer chess player is a combination of
>>hardware and software.
>>
>
>fair enough
>and when the match is over and the accolades come ringing in,  hailing the
>winner as the strongest chess computer ever created i will leave it to your fine
>sense of fair play to inform everyone that this does not mean the winning
>program is the best program
>:))
>
>Steve

Perhaps I can translate for you - Bob said it, it has been the only point... but
they didn't do it or better they couldn't. However it were ridiculous to claim
that the winner of any WCC is the de facto best... Ok?



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