Author: José Carlos
Date: 08:33:20 04/23/99
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On April 22, 1999 at 14:27:49, James Robertson wrote: >On April 22, 1999 at 14:04:06, Chris Carson wrote: > >>On April 22, 1999 at 13:51:52, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>On April 22, 1999 at 13:33:18, Chris Carson wrote: >>> >>>>Who is number 1? >>>> >>>>Fritz beat Deep Blue in the last WCCC. >>>>Kasparov beat Karpov and Anand for World Chess Champion Titles. >>>>Deep Blue II beat Kasparov in the last match, but Deep Blue II >>>>has not beat Fritz in a public match (private match perhaps, but >>>>who can say, where are the games?). Kasparov used Fritz as a >>>>sparing partner in preparation for the DBII match (where are the >>>>games? who won these games? no facts). >>>> >>>>Deep Blue II ducks the current WCCC. Well I guess we will never have >>>>an answer based on facts. So who is number 1 in your opinion? >>>> >>>>Fritz, DBII, Kasparov, or winner of 1999 WCCC? >>>> >>>>It will be easy to pick DBII becaus of blah, blah, blah or Kasparov >>>>for the same reasons (perhaps valid), but my opinion is that Fritz >>>>is the champ until some program (or person) knocks it off the top >>>>based on a public match. I like CM6K myself, but it can not be champ >>>>if it does not compete. In my opinion. >>>> >>>>Best Regards, >>>>Chris Carson >>> >>>IMO, this logic is screwy. >>> >>>James >> >>Yes, the logic is screwy. That is my point. Why are the top >>programs and GM's not playing each other to settle this? > >Probably because the GMs have everything to lose, and nothing to gain. They will >still make money from playing just human tournaments.... > >> >>True, the GM's do have tournaments, but we argue over who is the >>best and how good are the programs. Tournaments would solve the >>issue and generate a lot more interest (outside of this >>news group that is). Just my opinion. > >I agree; this makes sense. :) > >James > >> >>Best Regards, >>Chris Carson Apart from strange logics, if you want to know who is the best player in the world, you can choose: - Resuls: just take a look at the ELO rating. No possible disagreement. - "Chess": if you really mean "who plays the best chess in the world", everyone can have his own opinion. This is absolutely subjective. I like Kasparov's chess, but I like Smyslov's too, and nobody will say Smyslov is, at the moment, the best player in the world.
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