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Subject: Re: definition of best/strongest program

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 06:47:30 03/04/99

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On March 04, 1999 at 07:44:35, blass uri wrote:

>>>>>What level of confidence can be attached to computer tournaments that the winner
>>>>>is the best?
>>>>
>>>>Define "best" and you get the answer.
>>>
>>>Probably the most that can be hoped for is strongest in terms of the field of
>>>opponents.
>>
>>I split "best/srtongest" into 3 terms:
>>1) best in play comp-comp
>>2) best in play comp-human
>>3) best in play correspondence (where certainly knowledge-based programs have
>>advantage)
>
>I am not sure what is knowledge-based programs.
>Is Hiarcs7 a knowledge based program?

That was a rhetoric question. Of course it is.

>I know that Hiarcs7 has better results in blitz relative to 40/40 games against
>Junior5 in Enrique's games so I have no evidence that it is better than Junior
>for correspondence games.

Try it out. :-)

>I did not decide with which program to play in the 3/4 final of Israel in
>correspondence games.

Why not take MCP in the correspondence mode?

>It may be a good poll question.

Ask Steve. :-)

>There is a good chance that I will play with Junior because I can get the last
>version of Junior from Amir but I did not decide about it.
>Uri

What about Shredder, it is said to be strategic OK too.



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