Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:34:54 01/28/99
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On January 28, 1999 at 21:41:53, James T. Walker wrote: >On January 28, 1999 at 20:35:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 28, 1999 at 11:56:26, Steven Schwartz wrote: >> >>>While rummaging through the results of old CCC Opinion Polls in preparation >>>for some new questions that we are about to put up, I came across these >>>results from this past Christmas. Now that the new SSDF has just arrived >>>(now up on the WCCR in the Computer Chess Resource Center), it is >>>interesting to see how well/poorly we all guessed at the outcome. >>>-Steve (ICD/Your Move) >>> >>> Which of the following new chess programs do you think >>> will turn out to be the strongest? >>> Voters Could Choose One >>> Fritz 5.32 bit 95 Votes 29.87 % >>> Rebel 10.0 58 Votes 18.24 % >>> Hiarcs 7.0 56 Votes 17.61 % >>> Chess Genius 6.0 25 Votes 7.86 % >>> Chessmaster 6000 19 Votes 5.97 % >>> Junior 5.0 19 Votes 5.97 % >>> M-Chess Pro 8.0 8 Votes 2.52 % >>> Nimzo 99 4 Votes 1.26 % >>> Shredder 3.0 4 Votes 1.26 % >>> Abstain 30 Votes 9.43 % >> >> >>I didn't realize it took a mathematical genius to figure out the next term in >>this 'series'. But it goes like this: the most recently released program will >>pop to the top of the SSDF nearly every time. The reason? It is called "auto- >>232"... > >I'm sorry but that's a little too suttle for me. Would you mind explaining what >you mean? >Jim Walker sure... take your new program, lash it up using auto232 to play against the currently available programs. Tune until you win more than you lose. Then release that version... and pop to the top of the SSDF. Until the next programmer has a chance to get your new program, lash it up with auto232, and test/tune against it... An endless circle... Most commercial guys seems to have multiple machines doing this 24 hours a day. Ed once wrote that he had 8 machines doing such non-stop. Others are doing the same I'm sure...
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