Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 01:32:32 01/14/02
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On January 14, 2002 at 03:26:56, Jonathan Parle wrote: >On January 14, 2002 at 01:04:37, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On January 13, 2002 at 23:11:50, Jonathan Parle wrote: >> >>>Ed, >>> >>>Your response helps explain (at least to me) why I have specifically always >>>found your programs to be the toughest of all to play against (along with >>>Richard Lang's) at fast time controls. I notice this advantage tends to >>>dissipate with increased time controls - to the point where a lot of the >>>programs seem to me to be fairly similar in strength - just with differing >>>playing styles. >> >>No >> >>There are better programs in comp-comp games also in blitz. >> >>Genius was the best some years ago but it is not the best today even not in >>blitz. >> >>Century4 is better than Genius but is not known to be number 1 in blitz. >> >>I cannot explain why do you find Century and Genius better than other programs >>if you have the other top programs of today. >> >>Uri > >I was referring to my own games against the programs rather than comp vs comp. >So I would attribute this to my playing style. I concur with what you say >regarding comp vs comp. However, just because player A, B and C share a similar >rating, doesn't prevent player C from walloping player A in a 10 game match and >player C getting walloped by player B in a ten game match. Some players of >similar rating simply find they have difficutly against particular opponents of >a similar rating, but not others. I think this is what is happening here with my >human vs comp experiences. I just find Ed Shroeder's and Richard Lang's programs >much tougher blitz opponents than, say Junior or Fritz, regardless of what the >published ratings say. I often get those remarks, for instance: Rebel so now and then (but more than other programs) can play moves that at first sight look as a major blunder. It's no blunder, it's a trap, if you bite you are toasted. Naturally in comp-comp this is worthless, it only counts in human-comp. Genius: a spider in his web, waiting for a tiny mistake and then strike. I can tell, Rebel lost many major games against the spider in the old 6502 days. Ed
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