Author: Madhavan
Date: 20:44:59 06/17/05
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On June 17, 2005 at 14:58:00, Christopher Conkie wrote: >Hello, >Thank you for all your answers, whoever you may be. I thought long and hard >about what I wanted to say. > >I should not like you all to think that my post was antagonisic as it is >something that I have a long held and very firm belief in. > >There fore I will try to answer since I started this, all at once in one post. > >Lance > >>Its the best combination of many other things, including the best book > >Human games have no place in computer chess IMHO. If I want to see a human game >I would go and watch humans play. > >Dann > >>If the goal of the contest is to try to find the combination that plays the >strongest chess, then it is well achieved by the current format. > >I think that the world championship should be about who made the best engine >only that performed in the competition under equal conditions. > >>At the end of the contest we literally have no idea which of the programs is >strongest (from the data supplied during the event). > >What a pity! I totally agree with this statement. It is true, we don't find out >and that is why I fear for the future of computer chess. > >Charles > >>As far as results being "meaningless", this is not true. The point of it is >not to decide what people should go out and buy for their PC. The point is to >provide a competition that will all researchers in the field to test there >efforts. > >Ask ChessBase if that is true. Not me. Why do you think they sponsor the event? >For fun? > >>Also, these algorithms are quite applicable to other fields of science. I do >not see why you want to hold back progress in these fields inorder to see >which program is best on the PC at this single point in time. > >The ICCA ground to a screeching halt in 2003 and has done nothing much since for >computer chess. It pains me to say it as a Scotsman is in charge (or at least >has a major say in it) > >>My guess is that you didn't understand the point of the tournament. > >Believe me, I do. I have my own firmly held beliefs and I have nothing to gain >from those beliefs, they are only honest observations. > >Mike > >To all of what you say, I say, fair enough but what a pity. No development takes >place where people have no morality left and money rules only. > >"Madhavan" >Most of what you say is to me is completely illogical and mostly rude. Please Point me out,where? and rude?where? >>Special appearance fees will also be given to the programmer by organisers >ICGA. > >How do you know this? Show me how you know this. Yes it was done last year,where "IGCA" gave programmers special sponshorship of 500$ or something,go through CCC archives,
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