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Subject: Re: Can anyone here beat the "best" prog in 40/120

Author: Odd Gunnar Malin

Date: 06:05:53 11/08/01

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On November 08, 2001 at 07:54:59, Jonas Cohonas wrote:

>On November 08, 2001 at 06:59:22, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On November 08, 2001 at 06:35:18, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone here beat the "best" prog in 40/120 without using anti comp
>>>strtegies? on atleast an Athlon 1000?
>>>
>>>I have seen a lot of post where people draw the comps when trying to do nothing
>>>but that, but i am yet to see someone not using anti comp strategies beat them
>>>in a 40/120 on fast hardware..... anyone up for the challenge?
>>
>>What's the point of not playing anticomputer strategies?
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>The point being: 1. A GM of conciderable strength would not play anti comp.
>2.If a program has a fault which can be taken advantage of by using anti comp
>strategies making it look like a 2000 player there is no point in playing it,

>just like using the same line to beat the comp to determine it's strength.

Booklearning?

A guess most of the top engines play anti-computer then :)

Odd Gunnar



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