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Subject: Re: Onya Rebel, Question for Ed and others

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 10:55:54 10/03/99

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On October 03, 1999 at 05:28:21, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>Now that Rebel has won Finally agiast a GM which is what I have been waiting for
>I have a question, or more of a query really.
>
>In the past comments have been made that no program is of GM standard and even
>if a prgram does win, in some people eyes this means very little in the overall
>scheme of programs being better.
>
>But with this game, even though a win is a win. Did Rebel just clearly out play
>the GM or was it a GM stuff up and Rebel was Lucky and took advantage of this
>stuff up. Having no idea how this GM plays I wonder from comments made in the
>past how far this bring computer chess.
>
>Was Rebel was in a good chance of winning from the start or was it a case of "I
>know we are weaker and hope that the GM stuffs up and we take advantage of this
>and win."
>
>This is just a post to give more opinions, not a swipe at Rebel, I have Rebel
>and is one of my two favorite programs and from past posts I have wrote you
>should know that I want it to win. This is just me making conversation on an
>obsevation that was made in the past.
>
>Again Congrate's Rebel and Ed and Team.
Well in my eyes there is not a single doubt that many computers do have a gm
norm but going back to what Robert was talking about yes I still believe the
previous GM's just played games against Rebel and new settings give a totaly
diferent game.



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