Author: blass uri
Date: 02:55:07 10/03/98
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On October 03, 1998 at 05:35:18, jonathan Baxter wrote: >On October 03, 1998 at 04:09:23, blass uri wrote: > >>In the ssdf list a program are playing long matches and I do not like it because >>it gives an advantage to programs that are strong in learning a specific >>opponent >> >>I suspect that fritz5 is a program that is strong in learning a specific >>opponent >> >>I am not against learning but I think that it is better not to play against the >>same oponent again and again. >> >>It is better for example that fritz5 will play the first game against Genius5, >>the second game against Mchesspro7, the third game against Nimzo98... >> >>If it has not enough opponents and have to play against the same opponent many >>times then at least it should play against other opponents before it plays >>a game against the same opponent. > >I couldn't disagree more. Learning is a fundamental component of human thought >processes. Why rule it out of computer chess, or invent arbitrary rules like you >suggest to restrict the way the learning works?? because practically you cannot use the learning in tournaments against unknown opponents by playing against them again and again. The results of the SSDF list proves that Fritz5 is number 1 in matches but maybe it is not relevant to tournaments with unknown opponents Uri > >Jonathan Baxter
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