Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:42:08 01/02/00
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On January 02, 2000 at 06:13:00, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>On January 02, 2000 at 05:23:14, Frederic Friedel wrote:
>
>>On January 01, 2000 at 20:14:36, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>>
>>>Seems like the CB marketing machine already started... :)
>>>
>>Yes. The ChessBase marketing machine has not put out a single announcement, but
>>very cleverly done some beta testing of a new engine version.
>
>Posting great results of F6.x engines can be interpreted as marketing. But is
>there anything wrong about it? Everyone does, one way or another. I posted
>results of several beta engines, including Tiger during the last months, and I
>was not the only one. My purpose had nothing to to with marketing, but some
>people interpreted it this way. Big deal. Others publicize a "world
>championship" obtained after a 7 or 11 round Swiss tournament, as if such a
>title would mean they are best, etc. etc. etc.
>
>What's so strange about marketing being done by companies that put a product in
>the market?
>
>Enrique
Nothing wrong, and I agree, results are always welcome. The only requirement
under circumstances in which others cannot test themselves, is that the testing
conditions be clear, and as objective as is reasonable (2 machines, minimum
amount of games, wins AND losses if any, etc...). Otherwise, the results are
considered unreliable, and this transforms the posted results into nothing more
than a blurb. I think that a new Fritz 6.x that is clearly stronger than
previous versions, is great, truly. My gripe was that the original F6 was not.
That's all.
Albert Silver
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