Author: blass uri
Date: 05:43:48 12/30/99
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On December 30, 1999 at 06:24:55, Harald Faber wrote: >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. The problem is not the fact that the players can prepare but the fact that the team can choose the human to play against rebel. This is Ed's job to prepare(I am only the operator and my job is to do Rebel's move on the chess board). Uri
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