On Feb 20, 12:14 am, Sanny wrote:

I think you have not read the full Comment. The Rybka Stop Functioning
after it found Mate in 13. And how will I know it is going to Mate
after 13 depth? Since It gave error message "Unable to Response" I
thought It has resigned.


Sanny, whenever there has been a technical
problem with your own program, your typical
response has been to forfeit the other guy, to
give your program credit for "winning" even if
it was obvious that it couldn't.

Now, you say that there was a technical
problem with Rybka, and your response? To
forfeit the other guy-- Rybka. This merely
shows that you cannot be trusted to play
games between your program and others;
you are not a "fair" arbiter, but rather, a very
biased one.


In my opinion, a fairer contest would have
your Java applet at one of its highest levels,
say Master, pitted against Rybka at a couple
seconds per move, but allowed to think while
your Master level was thinking; this, on two
seperate computers, so there is no slowing
of either engine. I believe that your program
might win at under one second, but lose at
three or more for Rybka-- or something like
that. The reason is that only rarely would
Rybka correctly anticipate the GetClub
program's (inferior) moves, so much of its
background thinking time would have been,
in effect, "wasted" to a large degree.

Your program has been getting tougher and
tougher, and unlike those who may sneak on
and then only report if they happen to win, I
am satisfied to accept the reality, which here
is that some games look terrible, while others
make the GC program look a lot like Fritz or
any other program, except for the openings
book. In particular, where your program
somehow manages to win before the endgame,
many of its worst flaws remain hidden from
view.

I still remember back when the GC program
was so weak that I felt like Paul Morphy,
reincarnated! Every game, or so it seemed,
had me as brilliant tactician, pitted against
"Anon" the horrible duffer; I was a genius, in
every game and in every tactical skirmish.
But no more... .


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