Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 07:27:01 01/02/00
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On January 02, 2000 at 09:42:08, Albert Silver wrote: >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. Alright, then I better keep going with my tournament, no? So far, Junior 6 is beating Shredder 4 by 5-4. Eleven more games to go... Enrique > Albert Silver
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