Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 07:13:26 04/07/00
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On April 07, 2000 at 08:54:00, Harald Faber wrote: >>I'm not quite sure I understand what kind of point you're making. In my opinion >>there's three options: >> >>1) Computers compete in tournaments until they are superior and then they're >>thrown out, only to compete among themselves. > >Right; it makes sense, doesn't it? Not really. I can't see any benefits for human players. If they want to get beaten they can do it at home. Frankly, I couldn't less about proving the superiority of chess programs. >>2) Computers are not allowed at all, unless it's an exhibition game. > >I see no reason why. This way we'll never know how strong the programs really >are. I think that would depend on the gameformat. The strength of programs will change consistently, so you'll never know. >>3) Making a rule book for computer participation, i.e. hardware and software >>regulation. I would suggest: no tablebases, no manmade opening books (difficult >>to control I know), no access to databases (unless it's own games) and >>restriction on the number of processors and their clockfrequence. > >I'd prefer the commercial version, out of the box, unless there are some real >bugs like hash too small in default installation, no permanent brain or so. >That includes the opening book which is delivered within the commercial version. >Tablebases: why not? Hopefully we are not only interested in the comp-human >challenge but also in high quality chess! Commercial sounds good, but why should programs be born with advantages gained by training an learning? A tad unfair IMO. If a program is able to develop its own opening book and endgame experience by playing and learning, then there can be no objections whatsoever. There's still the question of hardware. Maybe commercially available to everyone? Difficult to make rules about. Best wishes... Mogens
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