Author: James Robertson
Date: 14:42:16 01/16/99
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On January 15, 1999 at 16:40:15, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 15, 1999 at 16:10:53, James Robertson wrote: > >>On January 15, 1999 at 13:43:40, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>GNUChess is a *pansy*. >>>Try it against a real program. >>>A 3 or better score in a ten game match against commercial programs or crafty >>>would be impressive. >> >>I resent that. My program has a score of 0.0 in about 20 games with Gnuchess. > >The terms "pansy" and "real program" are somewhat metaphorical. >I consider any program I can beat with my insignificant brain to be a pansy. ? !?!? That is the equivalent of saying "I'm so weak, I only manage to beat the top programs." I actually saw someone post "my program is weak - it only won 6-4 against Arasan." What an insult to Jon Dart! In the same way it seems you are writing with false humility. How insignificant must my brain be, when I eaten alive by pansys like Gnuchess? >I have yet to beat CM6000 or Rebel 10 at 40/2. >I have not beaten Crafty in well over a year (I'll blame it on the hardware >upgrade to PII 300). Most of the time I lose against CM/Re/Cr, rarely even >achieving a draw. So those are "non-pansy" opponents. In my vernacular. > >If you are actually upset, allow me to say that your program is much stronger No, I am not upset. I get chewed up by my program, and that is all I want; a program that can beat me. I will get more ambitious later. :) >than any I have ever written (which is none). Also, that I was simply implying >that calling a program "the new Morphy" requires something more than defeating >GNUChess. I agree completely with this, but insulting Gnuchess is not the way to make your point. > It is sort of like, "I have defeated Dann Corbit in a chess game! >Am I the next Kasparov/Fischer/Tal/<Insert favorite world champion SGM here>!" >I think that would be rather inconclusive towards the claim. Cheers, James
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