Author: James Robertson
Date: 13:00:08 10/15/99
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On October 15, 1999 at 15:38:11, James T. Walker wrote: >On October 15, 1999 at 15:25:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 15, 1999 at 15:08:59, odell hall wrote: >> >>>On October 15, 1999 at 15:00:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On October 15, 1999 at 13:25:17, Howard Exner wrote: >>>> >>>>>Anyone have the scoop on this re-match? Watching the one game on the rebel page >>>>>but how are the other three games unfolding? >>>> >>>> >>>>Rebel won 1 game, lost 2, and drew 1. >>> >>> >>> >>> Unfortunately a very disapointing result for Rebel, I bet your real happy! I >>>don't know what these two losses mean , since the I'ms are very strong and >>>capable of beating any grandmaster on any given day. >> >> >>_I_ happen to be pulling for the computer in every game. But I am realistic >>in my expectations of the outcome. This result wasn't bad. 1.5 vs 2.5 for >>4 IM players in 4 40/2hr games is not a bad result. It is right in line with >>what I would expect/hope for myself. 2-2 would have been very good. > >Honestly Bob, >This is a disappointing performance by Rebel. Considering it's past performance >vs GMs/IMs. But it also is to be expected. Human IM's/GM's also have bad >results occasionally. Only the overall performance is what matters. In that >respect it is still doing very good. I think we should not lose sight of the >fact that this type of "Challenge" will show the computers in the worst >possible light. Why? >There can be no doubt that computers playing in a 4 round swill style >system or even in a round robin tournament would do much better than what we >will see in this format. It will not give us the "Rating" we are looking for >unless the worst case rating is what you're trying to establish. >Jim Walker I disagree. It does not seem obvious to me that Rebel would do better in a tournament, and there is no evidence to suggest this. James
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