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Subject: Re: Extension of the UCI protocol

Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen

Date: 00:58:11 04/16/04

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On April 15, 2004 at 21:48:35, Brian Kostick wrote:

>>>>The main changes are:
>>>>
>>>>* a possibility to set the engine to any playing strength measured in Elo,
>
>
>I recognize a lot is dependant on the opponent transmitting a reasonably
>accurate rating for this idea, or maybe better suited to a closed system.


Yes, if you want to adjust the strength of the engine after every game a need
the exakt Elo number of your opponent.


>Putting that aside, I think it would be fun that if my engine receive a strength
>command I could look in a database of personalities for one in that range and
>load it. At the end of the game (or match) calculate it's new rating and write
>is out to database. A self adjusting system, something I had dreamed of when
>thinking about the Chessmaster series. BK


This sounds good but you need many games preferable against many different
opponents if you want to make this process fully automatic.

Stefan



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