Author: Bo Persson
Date: 02:07:10 07/14/04
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On July 13, 2004 at 21:39:52, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 13, 2004 at 21:01:23, steven blincoe wrote: > >>pitting the Mephisto Excalibur...first dedicated computer to ever run on the >>68000 Processor: >>http://www.schachcomputer.at/rarexcalibur.htm >> >>versus this.. >>the Fidelity Decorator >>Z80A processor running at 4mhz >> >>http://www.schachcomputer.at/rardecorator.htm >> >> >>now who will win? >> >>the Excalibur will eat the Decorator for lunch >>Steve > >Take a cruise around here: >http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-comp.htm >and you will see that all sorts of strange combinations of programs have >competed, including hardware solutions, and software solutions. > >stats collected from: >http://w1.859.telia.com/~u85924109/ssdf/rlwww042.txt > >If the Fidelity Prestige (one of the weakest chess machines of all time): >255 Fidelity Prestige 6502 4 MHz 1561 64 -66 118 44% 1603 > >met the mighty Shredder 8.0 CB on a 1200 MHz Athlon: > 1 Shredder 8.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2818 34 -32 481 70% 2673 > >There is a win expectency for a difference of 1258 points is 0.000715631, which >means that with 1400 games played (on average) the Fidelity Prestige would score >a point. It could happen on the first try, by one of those freaks of >probability that happen from time to time. > >The WCCC and WMCCC are championships. They do not determine the strongest >program in the world. They proclaim a championship. Why should that disturb >anybody? Every major sporting event is held that way. Sure, just remember Steven Bradbury and his skating Olympic Gold Medal thanks to a referee ruling and 7(!) competitors falling, 3 in the semi final and all 4 in the final. http://www.sportinglife.com/winterolympics2002/news/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=olympics/02/02/17/OLYMPICS_Skating.html It's not over until it's over! Bo Persson
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