Author: Amir Ban
Date: 11:08:21 09/15/98
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On September 15, 1998 at 10:34:37, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >I think it is a program that is difficult to evaluate. It is really killing >other programs on ICC. Yet I also watched it lose 2 and draw 1 game vs a >well-known IM there (cptnbluebeard in a single 3 game match. Granted, 3 games >is not much of a sample, but it simply got rolled up on king-side attacks in >both of the losses, and if it had been running in an automatic mode it probably >would have lost several more. This is a common attacking style that takes some >work to solve, which is why I think the auto-interface to a server is so >important. Because then you can't stop a match after getting smacked twice, >you have to stop getting smacked instead. > :) You can't continue a match after your opponent disappears either. He logged off. For some reason almost all the strong players on ICC won't play me. I'm even on some computers noplay list. >So, an interesting question for discussion is "what makes Junior so very strong >vs computers and yet fall to a standard king-side pawn storm?" > That's not what happened in this match, but anyway what's your point ? Is this a beginner's trap that only weak players fall for ? >For the record, Crafty is +58, -11, =27 against this player, while Ferret is >+19, -0(!), =11 against him. So cptnbluebear is not a patzer for sure. It >seems to be another transitivity issue. But one thing is for certain, Junior >is *very* strong against computers. *very* strong. So you think Crafty would do better against strong humans in equal conditions ? Is this your point ? Amir
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