Author: Alessandro Damiani
Date: 11:24:40 12/22/99
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On December 22, 1999 at 13:53:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 22, 1999 at 11:26:49, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On December 22, 1999 at 09:34:37, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On December 22, 1999 at 08:40:36, Baldomero Garcia, Jr. wrote: >>> >>>>I read a few posts back that some programmers challenged each other's programs. >>>>I was wondering if the people involved could post the details: >>>> >>>>1. How many games for each match? Any tie breakers in case of a tie? >>>>2. What will the time control be? >>>>3. What hardware will be used and which version of the program will be used? >>>>4. Where will the games be played (ICC, FICS?) and where will the results be >>>>posted (CCC, rgcc?). >>>>5. When will the matches start? >>>>6. Who will be the arbiter? >>>> >>>>BTW, the trash-talk is pretty entertaining, if a bit off-topic, but I don't mind >>>>it. I'm easily amused. >>>> >>>>Baldo. >>> >>> >>>I don't play 'formal matches'. However, "shadow4" wants to play a 6 game >>>match (30 30 time control) and then report the results here. Crafty will >>>be on a quad xeon. I am not sure what shadow4 is using. >> >> >>Just for information, I am not behind Shadow4. I have no idea who he is. >> >> >> >> Christophe > > >That is why I don't bother reporting much about the results of such matches >here. He claims to be using Tiger-12. Whether he is or not is anybody's guess. >Ditto for hardware claims. I see more 'fakery' about hardware than any other >single item. Seems to make some feel good to say they have a P5/166 when they >really have a PIII/700. This has been going on around the servers for years. >And the funny thing is, it is _not_ the program authors that are doing this, it >is end users that buy a program, buy the computer, and then claim it is much >slower than it really is. I have never understood exactly why. But we have >seen _many_ cases. I got tired enough that I (for a while) said crafty was >running on a 286/12mhz machine, but enough took me serious that I corrected >it. :) > >Bob :)) Alessandro
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