Author: Harald Faber
Date: 03:24:55 12/30/99
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On December 30, 1999 at 05:57:15, blass uri wrote: >On December 30, 1999 at 03:45:17, Harald Faber wrote: > >>On December 30, 1999 at 02:33:56, blass uri wrote: >> >>>>I'm not going to get dragged into this again, but I will say that if a program >>>>is said to be playing at 2600, then test it against 2600 players and see how it >>>>does. Showing it can beat up players rated 200-400 points less means very >>>>little, even if it can be entertaining. Just my 2 cents. I'm aware that can be >>>>incredibly difficult to arrange, but I see no other way around this, if the >>>>truth is what is being sought. Being 2600 means more than beating 2400 players, >>>>it means holding your own against 2600 players, no? I think this upcoming >>>>Israeli leagure in which both Junior 6 (Deep Junior?) and Rebel Century will be >>>>playing should be quite instructive as the human opponents, due to the nature of >>>>the event, will be very motivated. >>>> >>>> Albert Silver >>> >>>I think that the performance of Rebel,Deep Junior and Fritz in the Israeli >>>league is going to be lower than the real rating of them because of the fact >>>that the opponent teams can choose the human to play against the computer. >>> >>>Uri >> >>And what is the point? Why should the TPR be lower than supposed? Do you expect >>the teams sending ELO2000 for comp-playing? Does the Israel-first league have >>such players? > >No but they can choose players who know better to play against computers. > >They can prefer 2400 player with a positional style to play the computer and not >2500 player who like to play for tactical positions when computers are better. > >Uri Summarizing: the players can prepare. You as the Rebel operator can do that too. So I do not see (:-)) any advantages for the humans.
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