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Subject: Re: Fritz will never have to prove itself again

Author: Paul Jacobean Sacral

Date: 20:59:19 09/17/05

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On September 16, 2005 at 14:22:03, David Dahlem wrote:

>On September 16, 2005 at 14:17:03, Derek Paquette wrote:
>
>>If you think about it, fritz never has to produce a strong chess engine again.
>>They've openly stated they don't care about machine vs machine, only about man
>>vs machine.  So why not just keep improving the GUI, produce the same fritz
>>engine year in and year out and just say that it keeps getting stronger vs
>>humans since no one can prove it, including them.
>>
>>Its the perfect cost saving measure,
>>
>>any thoughts?
>
>When they say "they don't care about machine vs machine", to me that means they
>are admitting defeat. :-)

In Mig's Chess Cafe column it does not sound like admitting defeat:

"FF: Playing against other programs is required as a benchmark because you can
play so many games. But it turns out you don’t have to tune it specifically for
anything. Adding knowledge has made it stronger against humans and
computers. That’s the good news, the pleasant surprise"

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mig26.pdf

My thoughts about this: The primary comparison should be against the
predecessor. Not head to head, but by comparing the results of both versions
against the same strong competitors like Shredder 9, but also Fruit 2.1 and
other engines.

Yours truly Paul J. Sacral



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