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Subject: Re: Zappa UCI: You are all a bunch of HYPOCRITES

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 07:29:12 09/05/05

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On September 05, 2005 at 10:17:52, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On September 05, 2005 at 09:32:33, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>I think that it is a good reason not to buy fritz or Junior because you cannot
>>test them against a strong engine like Zappa.
>>
>>It may be that in the future more strong engines will be added to the list so
>>you will be able to put the same reason to avoid buying chessbase programs.
>>
>>Uri
>
>
>Why a chessplayer should test FRITZ against ZAPPA? Give me one good reason, Uri.
>A good chessplayer plays against chessprograms and knows how strong they are.
>From the view of human chess it is uninteresting to know what chess engine beats
>another  because the results are all insignificant. When you've a significant
>result the next version of the programs is on the market. Do you have a single
>serious argument that could address my verdict? Which isn't "mine" but from
>science.


I do not think that results are not significant.
They may not prove without doubt which engine is stronger but they may help to
have an opinion about that question.

Uri



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