Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 10:26:50 03/11/04
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On March 11, 2004 at 06:37:18, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On March 11, 2004 at 06:23:40, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>Hello Djordje! >> >>On March 11, 2004 at 06:12:14, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >> >>>Program X surely plays about 2480-2500 (computer Elo), >> >>You are not going to tell us what "Program X" is, I suppose? :-) >> >>>Fruit is _really_ promising. However, I'd think twice about adding evals >before cleaning up other stuff and adding tablebase access. >> >>Fabien has already stated that he does not intend to add tablebase access, >>but even for authors who want to do it, I would actually warn against doing >>it early. It is too easy to get lazy and use tablebases as a substitute >>for real knowledge about basic endgames. In my opinion, tablebase support >>should not be added before the engine is able to handle basic endgames >>reasonably well on its own. >> >>Any news about Geniss Axon, by the way? >> >>Tord > > >I agree with your comment, but I think that as it is Fruit is already able to >handle basic endgames fairly well by simple search. Maybe. I haven't seen Fruit in action yet, but hope to do so soon. >Geniss Axon has been rechristened to Axon, and that's the biggest news for >now :-( No time to do more work on it due to many boring (hush, hush) >university obligations both for Vladimir and myself. More or less the same situation as the last time I asked, then. I hope you'll soon find the time to work on it again. >As for the unspeakable name of G... (I fear that there is Melkor just around >the corner...), :-) >it's suddenly overtaken poor Axon and is in a class of its own. Now, >G... is the one to catch :-), not just a fitting sparring partner. Congrats, >Tord. Thanks. I'm sure the situation will be reversed again some day. Tord
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