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Subject: Re: Doesn't seem to be a "good vs humans" program

Author: Andrey Popov

Date: 04:11:52 11/25/05

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On November 25, 2005 at 01:50:48, Derek Paquette wrote:

>AFter the second man vs machine tournament this year, it seems its harder and
>harder to pinpoint a great program vs a human.  Hydra is a monster, it beats
>programs and humans, junior is not as good vs program, but did good vs humans,
>both times.  Fritz 9 is great vs program, and did well vs humans.  Zappa beat
>the gm and other programs
>
>I think its becoming clear that high elo is just what it seems, high elo,
>doesn't matter if its against programs or humans
>
>
>opinions?

There are some weaker programs (as Crafty and Rebel) which beated both GMs and
anti-computer experts even in 10 years old hardware. It is almost impossible to
draw with them.
On the other side, Fruit is dangerous against computer but beatable to humans.



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