Author: Jake Sisko
Date: 16:36:34 11/13/05
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On November 13, 2005 at 19:21:23, Peter Skinner wrote: >On November 13, 2005 at 18:48:16, Jake Sisko wrote: > >>Match against Adams the glory can't last forever, I think hydra has to play >>Zappa and Fruit to Prove it's the strongest Chess Entity. What do others think? > >So by playing Zappa and Fruit, Hydra somehow proves it is the greatest chess >entity? > >What about Shredder, Junior, Fritz, Hiarcs, Ferret, Crafty, and Tiger? They just >get left out of the mix? > >Or it doesn't have to play Kasparov, Kramnik, Topolov, Anand, Svidler... and >well.. the rest of the 2700+ club? > >If this the case and I was Hydra's team, I would take that bet any day. Just to >be number #1 on the SSDF an engine must beat _many_ engines over _many_ games to >get the required rating. > >Just because a can beat b, doesn't mean c can beat both a and b. If you throw >d,e,f,g,h,and i into the mix, the odds decrease that one will emerge as the >"Strongest Chess Entity", but rather just the current strongest player. > >Peter I think it's pretty clear that Zappa and Fruit are better then the other micro programs, The second question has also been resolved, Hydra proved computers are better then humans so it looks like the battle lines are now drawn between computer vs computer. Ofcourse I'm generalizing, but in this thing most of us do.
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