Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 02:51:52 03/02/06
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On March 01, 2006 at 17:23:10, Duncan Roberts wrote: >On March 01, 2006 at 04:23:19, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>I don't play chess at all, but if I did my Elo rating would probably be about >>one third of my engine's rating. I am one of the most awful patzers you >>will ever find. This *is* a handicap when developing my engine, but a >>very minor one. > >I would have thought it is a major handicap if you cannot put chess knowledge in >a program, because you do not know what it is . Sure, that is why it is a handicap. The reason that it is just a very minor handicap is that a chess program doesn't need a lot of chess knowledge to play well. High search depths, few bugs and raw speed are all you really need. Chess is a much simpler game than most people believe. Tord
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