Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 06:19:02 09/03/03
Go up one level in this thread
On September 02, 2003 at 19:32:24, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On September 02, 2003 at 15:29:49, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 02, 2003 at 15:13:06, Peter Fendrich wrote: >> >>>On September 02, 2003 at 14:55:55, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On September 02, 2003 at 14:40:03, Tord Romstad wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 02, 2003 at 08:53:59, Alastair Scott wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>[D]r1b1k2r/1p1p1ppp/4pq2/8/pQP1n3/P1n2NP1/1B2PP1P/R3KB1R w KQkq - 2 15 >>>>>> >>>>>>When reviewing my (human-human) games with Yace Paderborn it came across a >>>>>>stunner here: 15.g4!? >>>>>> >>>>>>I would not have thought of it for a second, yet it appears to win a piece at >>>>>>the cost of one or two pawns and a very messy position, hence the "!?". What >>>>>>does your program think? >>>>>> >>>>>>Interestingly, the "stronger" programs tend to go for g4, whereas the "weaker >>>>>>ones" (plus myself :) go for Rc1. >>>>> >>>>>My program -- a very weak one -- prefers g4. >>>>> >>>>>Tord >>>> >>>>It is not a very weak program. >>>>It is better than most of the programs in Leo tournament. >>>> >>>>It qualified for the 3th division of Leo. >>>> >>>>There are 72 programs in the premier division and division 1-3 >>>> >>>>There are 160 programs in Leo tournament. >>>> >>>>A program that is in the best 72 out of 160 programs is not very weak program. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>I don't understand your logic. >>>Why isn't all 160 programs weak or maybe 159 of them? >>>How do you set the limit for weak? >> >>I assume that at least a program that is better than most programs is not >>a very weak program so at least the best 80 programs are not very weak programs. >> >>weak is something relative to other programs. >> >>Uri > >Clearly, then, when he describes his program as weak he is comparing it against >stronger programs. ;-) Yes. When I describe my program as "very weak", I compare it to the programs the readers of this forum are likely to know. To the average computer chess enthusiasts, the "strong" programs are programs like Shredder, Junior, Rebel and The King, while "weak" programs are programs on the level of Crafty or Yace. Most people here have probably never downloaded or played with programs as weak as mine (or Uri's), and many are perhaps even unaware of their existence. I still think "very weak" is an appropriate description of my program in a forum like this. In the Winboard Forum, I would probably have used different words. Tord
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.