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Subject: Re: LCTII Part 2

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 12:02:25 09/30/99

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On September 30, 1999 at 13:33:23, Ed Schröder wrote:

>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

hehehehehehe :-)

Dave



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