Author: Amir Ban
Date: 17:12:40 11/02/99
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On November 02, 1999 at 19:41:53, James B. Shearer wrote: >On November 02, 1999 at 19:00:49, Amir Ban wrote: > >>Against this background, crafty's abusive behavior stands out. Bob doesn't care. >>He will not put any effort in his program to improve its behavior. Several of >>you posted suggestions on how to it can behave more reasonably, some of them >>rather easy. They were all brushed aside by Bob as too much trouble/risky/not >>worth it/etc. etc./ Spare your suggestions to someone that is genuinely >>interested in them. > > This is not exactly accurate. Hyatt has put some effort into making >his program pleasant for humans to play. For example it will resign and it will >accept draws in certain dead drawn positions (such KR vrs KR) instead of playing >on for fifty moves. This does cost it a few rating points. > I gather Hyatt is less concerned about being polite to computers which >I think is understandable. I don't understand why you are playing manually. > James B. Shearer I play manually mainly because I enjoy it this way, and I get more out of it this way, as any chess programmer will confirm to you. I have enough automated matches going on at home. One or two people suggested that crafty should treat manual computers as it treats human opponents. This is one of those helpful suggestions that did not register. Amir
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