Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 14:47:11 01/07/99
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On January 07, 1999 at 12:42:08, Thom Perry wrote: >On January 07, 1999 at 09:17:32, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>Hi Enrique: >>Sorry my english, if I use spanish they will say we are conspiring :-)... Now to >>the point: it seems that the long awaited G6 is a total disappointment. Not good >>results against other top programs. Are we looking the sad, final product of a >>chess programming mind of first class? Your impression? >>Else: Sometime I asked an old good chess programmer of the 80's about how much >>time a scientist or technician keeps producing good ideas and he said "for >>ever". Now I doubt. It seems that in the sciences or associated fields you are >>limited to a cluster of original ideas you have very early and the rest of your >>life is the development of them, until exhaustion of potential developments is >>reached. Could be the case or Lang? >>Fernando > > >I think too much emphasis is placed on the ratings. When I look at the >tournament list, I see 10 great chess programs. Yeah, if I were a Kasparov, I >might be concerned about needing to squeeze a few extra ELO out of a chess >program to improve my game. You say that G6's results are disappointing? It's >still scoring about 40% against all of the other top programs. Gee, I couldn't >score 4%, 0.4%, or even probably 0.04% playing those programs set to full >strength at 40/40. You are right in that point, but it is not the point. Sure, G6 will get me 99 times of 100, BUT I am talking of his relation with other programs. Sure, all are strong, but we can compare, specially when the oen was ever the very first at a great distance appears now in a more secondary position, at east until now. I'm a MCP fan. I would have liked to have seen MCP8 do >better in the latest SSDF rating list, but I can't say that I'm bothered by what >some people perceive to be disappointing results for MCP8. It still plays a >terrific game, still has exactly the features I want in a chess program...hey, >it's STILL my favorite chess program. I find it hard to believe that anyone >could be disappointed by any of the programs on this tournament list because of >a rating issue. I have, too, favourite programs that are not the very top programs -like CSTAL- but again, the issue is , if you want, not my disappointment -I dont even own G6- but a somewhat non chessic comment about limits in ingenuity and creativity. Greetings from Chile Fernando
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