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Subject: Re: Learning problems of Tiger

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 10:12:08 01/20/00

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On January 20, 2000 at 05:01:21, Amir Ban wrote:

>On January 19, 2000 at 21:22:29, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On January 19, 2000 at 17:23:13, Amir Ban wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>The easiest defense against learners is to put a random element in your search
>>>engine. If you think about it, that's not very different from what a wide book
>>>would do for you.
>>
>>
>>You are right, I should seriously think about that.
>>
>>It might be a quick solution to this problem.
>>
>>Does Junior use this?
>>
>
>Yes. There's a 'random play' option in the Junior engine parameters. By default
>it's off. Turning it on introduces minor variation which is usually sufficient
>not to repeat an entire losing but unforced line.
>
>Amir


Why isn't it ON by default?


    Christophe



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