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Subject: Re: It's OK for the author to get excited about a small test set

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 13:12:25 12/29/05

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On December 28, 2005 at 15:13:06, Dann Corbit wrote:

>After all, Rybka is probably the strongest single CPU chess engine in the world
>(that we know of and that is available to us).
>
>To beat it even in a fluke game is pretty amazing.
>
>So if after the tiniest possible non-zero sample (read 'one') of games promising
>results are shown (e.g. "I drew Rybka!" or even "I beat Rybka!"), it is possible
>and permissible for the program author to sing songs, compose poetry, and dance
>a jig [even simultaneously].
>
>IMO-YMMV.

Actually I view the few posted games as an attempt by the author to advertise
his new program.  Trying to imply that Smarthink is on par with Rybka by
publishing a few games is not very convincing.  If it were more games by an
independent tester/beta tester then it would carry more weight.  Personally I
like the early version of Smarthink and hope that the new commercial version
will be on par with Rybka and other top engines.  These few games posted by the
author will not convince me to buy it.
Jim



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