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Subject: Re: LCTII Part 2

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 10:33:23 09/30/99

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On September 30, 1999 at 12:33:30, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:

>On September 30, 1999 at 01:58:12, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>>Posted by Joshua Lee on September 29, 1999 at 14:43:02:
>>>
>>>>Some good ideas take some time :)
>>>
>>>Thanks Ed what your doing,having GM's Play your software is just what every
>>>other programmer should do.I would think that someone ought to be able to
>>>make a better list of ratings than the SSDF with your results and if more programmers
>>>follow suit then maybe it's a good idea that the SSDF people find a new
>>>line of work. Human vs computer is more relevant than computer vs computer.
>>>Thanks again very much Mr Shroder
>>
>>No doubt that human vs computer is more relevant than computer vs computer
>>and certainly at 40/120.
>>
>>In the early days of chess when computers played on a 1700 elo level it was
>>a lot easier to conclude which program was the best against humans.
>
>	That depends on how early is "early". When Kaissa won the first WCCC, its
>strength was far below 1700 Elo.
>José.

How true. I remember the fisrt Dutch Championship in 1981. There was a
program (I forgot about the name) that had 2xQ, 2xR, 1xB, 2xN and a
handfull of pawns against a lonely king and couldn't mate the king :)

Also I was not allowed to participate with Rebel. Reason: lack of strength :)

Ed Schroder



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