Author: Roger
Date: 21:15:54 12/18/99
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Thorsten, You are no going to change your mind, and that's fine. And I am not going to change mine. I still don't think you should let Chris control what you post here, whether it is explicit, or through implicit loyalties. But so be it. In my opinion, he controls you. You also continue to say that your reasons are objective, and then hide behind saying that you are going to do what you are going to do. I guess it doesn't get much more objective than that. ;) You also said I underestimated Chris. I am sure Chris is a very talented guy. I also think he must be incredibly insecure to protect himself through his license agreement. My opinion, of course. :) I also don't underestimate CSTAL. I own CSTAL for DOS and CSTAL II. I like the program. I don't doubt it can beat the world's best once in a while. You had nothing to say to the last several paragraphs of my last post. I am sure that you have a large database of CSTAL games. Perhaps you could go through them and develop a CSTAL test suite composed of positions that demonstrate its attractive style (these would not necessarily have to be the best move, just an attractive, exciting move). The suite would thus consist of moves that CSTAL finds regularly, that other programs find only inconsistently or not at all, and would become THE reference point for attractive chess. I think that would be a nice contribution to our field, and it would quantify for your critics exactly what CSTAL can do that other programs cannot. Roger
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