Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 02:01:48 08/26/05
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On August 26, 2005 at 04:53:58, Joachim Rang wrote: >On August 26, 2005 at 04:44:33, Shaley wrote: > >>On August 26, 2005 at 04:22:01, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>From CSS Online: >>> >>>"Neue wissensbasierte und extrem spielstarke Schach-Engine: Fritz9". Hmm does >>>this mean: loses to Fruit, but it's strong against humans?! >>> >>>Jouni >>Hi Jouni, >> >>Looks like a lot of people over here are crazy about Fruit even w/o trying it >>over other engines. Lol! Someone used to post, it seems, that an 11 games' >>tourney cannot be a proof of the programme's strengths or weaknesses. Long-term >>testing should be done. No-one really knows how strong the new Fritz version >>really is. As is said, "let's wait and see", right? Friedel used to tell me the >>new engine is simply packed with chess knowledge. It is only some while after >>when we get a chance of feeling it that we can see what he can do in reality >>with Fruit, Zappa and other silicon monsters. I remember Frans Morsch said in an >>interview that from now on they would be working to make this engine play sound >>chess; not good chess from the point of view of beating machines or sound chess >>for beating humans. They will try to make Fritz play universally sound chess; it >>may compete very successfully against the machines as a result, he said. But >>their ambition is to make an engine that will play very good chess in general >>terms. >>Cheers, >>Alexander > > >than they should have not started to implement imperfect human knowledge about >chess into the engine. As a result they get an engine which plays for weak >humans sound chess but not from an objective point of view. > >regards Joachim Do you find Hiarcs 9 and Shredder as weak engines? Even if Shredder finished 3 in the last competition it may still be the best. And as far as I know they got quite a bit of "imperfect human knowledge" built in. Torstein
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