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Subject: Re: Why?

Author: Steven Schwartz

Date: 05:48:39 02/10/99

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On February 10, 1999 at 08:31:15, Gorfoiuq wrote:

> So why build a chess program that most of us can't beat? I think  nobody here
>has beaten a chess programme(excluding Kasparov and some GM) b4 except some
>grandmaster...even grandmaster has problem...

In one of our CCC Opinion Polls a while back...
In a match against your favorite software at your favorite time control,
which of the following statements fit best with your experience?
                           Voters Could Choose One
 I always lose                    35 Votes                  19.66 %
 I can occasionally draw          46 Votes                  25.84 %
 I can occasionally win           86 Votes                  48.31 %
 We play evenly                    8 Votes                   4.49 %
 I almost always win               3 Votes                   1.69 %
 I always win                      0 Votes                   0.00 %
                             Total Votes: 178
                   Poll Question #8 ended June 4, 1998

Why build a program that we cannot beat?
For the same reason Porsche builds a car that we can buy
(if we can afford it) for street use that can go 200 MPH.
- Steve (ICD/Your Move)



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