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Subject: Re: CCT7

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 21:14:22 02/10/05

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On February 10, 2005 at 10:20:17, Gregory Owett wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Do the engines play with equal chance? No.
>
>Note, as long as the programs run on different kind of machines, the result will
>be only relative.


This is not a contest between computer chess engines. It is a contest between
chess playing machines. The rules have been established, and the participant
that performs best under those rules during the tournament will be the champion.
You must have incorrectly assumed that being champion implies other things, such
as being the best chess engine.


>As if the racing drivers drove cars of categories varied. Logically, one
>couldn't classify them according to their own value.


If they all drove the same car, how could we tell who can make the fastest car?



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