Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 10:34:08 09/12/05
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Dear Amir: You say: "....Of course playing strength is of utmost importance, more than any other measure of a chess program. This is obvious from the professional and academic point of view...." Yeah, right: from the academic and professional point of view. What about those that does not care a shit about the academic and profesional point of view? I can understand that you, a known and reputed programer, on of the very best, can be delighted for such things as "this engine plays now 12 points elo stronger than before". But believe me that, to me and many others, that we cannot care less. 2612 instead of 2600? So what? In the times of engines playing in the range between 1600 and 1800 I DID care and it was sound that I cared at all. Those 12 points made a difference. Better if 50. 50 points, in those years, were the difference between a really dumb engine uncapable to give fun and a decently strong engine capable of delivering the merchandise. Even in the times of 2000-2200 elo points engines or machines, the 50 points issue was important for players like me, no pro, not academics in the field of AI. Not now anymore. For us it is matter of better trainning facilities, better guis, more fun, more reasons to buy the thing. So no, I will not give you that break :-) There is much that can be done in this field and I do not care if chessbase will go into that because they evade a lose of Elo competitivity OR if they really are engaged on that for the reasons they say. I only ask you to consider this, totally different point of view, beyond the Elo points. And please, do not say to me that I just must go to Chessmaster and leave you all in peace with your professional machines. My best Fernando
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