Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:26:34 06/01/99
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On June 01, 1999 at 09:52:30, blass uri wrote: > >On June 01, 1999 at 08:51:05, Bruce Cleaver wrote: > >>I think most readers do not believe Hsu, because they forget that not only is >>the hardware greatly stronger than a micro, but the eval function is also >>greatly stronger than a micro (as Dr. Hyatt has pointed out) because Hsu can do >>all sorts of cool eval things for free in hardware. > >I do not think that the readers forget it. >I think that they simply do not believe that the eval function of DB is >stronger. > >I think that the reason is that they were not impressed by the public games of >DB or DB Jr. If they don't believe it, where is the micro that has beaten Kasparov in a 6 game match? Where is the micro that has beaten _any_ GM in a 6 game match at 40/2hr? Doesn't really matter what 'they' believe... it only matters how 'it' plays. And there is a bit of evidence showing it is strong as all hell... > > Also, as Larry Kaufman has >>pointed out, comp-comp results tend to be exaggerated compared to comp-human >>results. >> >> >> This brings up an interesting point - is it possible to fairly test a DB Jr. >>with a micro? Setting both to a figure of X kn/sec doesn't cut it, because the >>hardware eval function of DB Jr. is MUCH better than the micro's eval function - >>even a highly developed one like Fritz or whatever....Any opinions?? > >a highly developed one like Fritz??? > >If you do the test of setting commercials to X kn/sec then I do not expect Fritz >to have very good results. > >I think that Hiarcs7 or CM6000 are clearly better in this test. > >Uri
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