Author: James T. Walker
Date: 12:15:49 09/21/99
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On September 21, 1999 at 14:15:39, Charles Unruh wrote: >On September 21, 1999 at 09:43:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 21, 1999 at 09:00:23, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On September 20, 1999 at 18:16:58, Charles Unruh wrote: >>> >>>>Crafty would get murdalized! The reason the other computers don't play so >>>>agressive is for the specific reason that playing so usually involves creating >>>>positional weaknesses a GM would punish(in most cases) severely. Progs do need >>>>to be a little agressive though that's the main reason that H7.32 is just hype >>>>it just sits there waiting to get killed. >>> >>>Hello Charles, >>>I have a computer account on ICC. I occasionally use Hiarcs 7.32 in games and >>>have not seen it get Killed very often. If you would like to show me what you >>>mean by "just sits there waiting to get killed" email me a date and time to meet >>>on ICC. For some reason I can't get a single GM to play my account. It hasn't >>>seen a GM in over 3 months unless it was a "guest". I allow guest to play the >>>machine often just to get some action since none of the Masters/GM's seem >>>interested in playing it. I suspect a few are playing as guest because they >>>give a good fight sometimes but there is no way to know. It could just be >>>someone using a computer. I enjoy watching good fights no matter who wins. I >>>have no real attachment/connection with the programs or hardware so I just sit >>>back and watch in amazement. >>>Jim Walker >> >> >>Most GM players are good at math. If your account is rated > 3000, they will >>play you (Crafty played GM games non-stop almost all day yesterday.) They will >>play thinking they have a chance of winning one of every 5-10 games, which will >>still push their rating up if they are rated 2600 or so. If you are rated >>about the same as them (< 3000) you can almost forget it, because they know >>that at blitz they can't play 'evenly' which will depress their rating. > > >Wy would a GM care about an ICC rating? Hello Charles, My guess is you've not spent much time on ICC. It's ALL about ratings. It has less to do with chess and having fun than "playing the rating game". It seems that there is a "sub" game going on there and the object is to get the highest rating you can. This is practiced by many GM's/IM's and computer operators. So the main thing is to find someone that you think you can raise your rating with. This could be a higher rated player/computer which you can try to draw a game with or as Bob pointed out with a much higher rated player you can try to win 1 game in 5 and raise your rating. I have seen masters play my computer at 5/3 slowly the first time while seemingly looking for some weakness (They lose on time). Next time they play the same opening but have a prepared line they try and play fast as you would expect. There are many ways to play the "game". I'm not complaining and I'm not saying it's bad. I just saying it exist. Personally I don't care what they do as long as they play my computer. I hate to sit there for an hour and nobody wants to try so I end up playing unrated games just to get some action. It makes no difference to me if the games are rated or not as long as a strong player trys to beat it. Even the lower rated players are "entertaining" I might add. Jim Walker
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