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Subject: Re: What are the ELO'S of the programmers that post here?

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 06:41:43 03/14/02

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On March 13, 2002 at 12:29:09, Marc van Hal wrote:

>Is it not so that many programmers took over my coments and tried to put them in
>there programs?
>Just some programmers who did Ed Schroeder (Anti Gm and also the EcoTree where
>my ideas who he worked out.
>(I met Ed's evil twin here(hehe)
>After that we did get a  sort of cold war.)
>Like I also did get With Jeroen Noomen because I did get no credit for my hard
>work,or suport that I realy had made many anelyses which where used for Rebels
>book.(cesaer de Leeuw and anelyses I send him)
>Actualy. I hate to bring up that old cow again  but I used it to show that
>programers do use knowledge)
>Frans Morsh,Amir Ban
>And though he does not admit it either Also Christophe Theron
>Gambit tiger was the improved version I made of Alexall (Alexand1) for the Rebel
>Century contest.(Which I by the way already had created before the end of the
>contest including some other stronger settings.)



BTW I'm still waiting for you to send me the CT15 settings.

You know that people are waiting for it. Once I get it, I will say that the work
is mine and not yours and will sell it under the name Chess Tiger 15.

So please hurry, I have a deadline!


    Christophe ;)






>And having  general chess knowledge does  help If you want to tune an engine.
>Having anelyser skils and memory does help more  though.You can make your
>tunings much quicker
>Still it needs much works if one rule was set to high or to low.
>Only testings will show.
>But most of the general chess knowledge should be inserted in the program.
>It very much depends on this if your tuning will work or not.
>
>An example if you increase the pawn weaknes of Rebel it never does what it
>should do.
>(Trying to weaken the pawn position of the oponent with atacking moves and then
>take advantage of it.
>Knowing more about endgame pawn structures on an early stage.
>And solving it's own pawn weakneses.
>This is as far as I know one of the  bigest weakneses of all programs of to day
>This could change the draw rate)
>It still doesn't care for doubled pawns it only plays more pawn moves.
>
>But The biggest problem of only having a certain style of play By a program
>With not to much inserted knowledge is that if it is very tactical it will play
>poor in the more quiet games.
>When it is very positional it will play poor in the more tactical games.
>So if the inserted positional knowledge is high
>A you make a tactical seting for it it is in  balance.
>The more  positional knowledge is inserted the more tactical the setting may be
>To keep the balance.
>
>Being a GM means you created one style and always try to look in 1 way
>to a position
>While the solution to the position can ask for a totaly diferent aproge.
>And I gues this is What Christophe means.
>
>PS I hope some people not will get to fustrated now
>After seeing the treuth
>It was not ment to be
>It was only ment to show that knowledge is used!
>
>Regards Marc



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