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Subject: Re: Very little!

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 12:09:13 12/27/05

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On December 27, 2005 at 14:56:53, Arnold Gove wrote:

>I'm not sure how much we can conclude from just a handful of opinions like
>these.

It's not really my opinion. The testers know better. But I think that Kasparov
can give more information (than the testers) about the strength of any engine,
after only a few games.
S.Taylor
>
>On December 27, 2005 at 14:53:12, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On December 27, 2005 at 14:40:57, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
>>
>>>I enjoy this tournment, but the standings are based on only 20 games or so. This
>>>means the final ranking is probably unreliable (and would probably change if
>>>another 20 games were run).
>>>
>>>So im not sure how much we can conclude from this tournment
>>
>>I think it is obvious that it is not worth all that much, except for publicity.
>>Humans like publicity, and festive moods. But that doesn't always say what the
>>actual value of something is.
>>
>>I'm not even sure either if human world championships mean much either. Well,
>>maybe they ARE worth more with fewer games, than with machines. I'm not sure.
>>
>>But, in this forum, for a few years already, it's always been strongly claimed
>>repeatedly "not enough games".
>>
>>Yes, I don't agree it should have to be like that. A game isn't a potato, that
>>you say that less than 500 kilo's is wortheless to me (to open a warehouse, or
>>so).
>>But for sure, these few games don't give much of a chance. BUT they DO say
>>SOMEthing. And even that, is only my own opinion, and even that opinion means
>>more, if you can study the games in depth, to see where each program is really
>>"coming from".
>>S.Taylor



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