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Subject: Re: CM 6666 v CM 8888 (jorge)

Author: blass uri

Date: 05:24:08 04/16/00

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On April 16, 2000 at 07:08:05, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote:

>On April 16, 2000 at 03:25:01, blass uri wrote:
>
>>On April 16, 2000 at 02:11:59, Chessfun wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Maybe settings should be called CM6K Jorge less confusion at
>>>a much later date with some CM8K settings.
>>>
>>>Anyway I read the post and stopped the current 100 game match
>>>I had running at 2hrs/40 moves 1 hr rest between CM6000 and CM6666.
>>>
>>>I have thus far played 10 games 1 hr/side game.
>>>Score CM6666 W3 L5 D3  CM8888 W5 L3 D3 looks like CM8888 will also
>>>win game 11. Just did haha.
>>>
>>>For me I have no interest in what is stronger at 15 mins I am more
>>>interested in longer games. Besides which for it to prove to be stronger
>>>than CM 6666 would require a lot more games. For it to prove to be stronger
>>>against other engines is another matter completely, beating CM 6666 don't
>>>mean it will do better against Fritz and the like. Though I did read it had
>>>scored well again the number of games still leaves a large margin of error.
>>
>>I think that the different values for qhite and black queen is illogical.
>>It may help against other programs because they do not understand that counting
>>pawns is not important in queens endgames with passed pawns but I do not expect
>>it to help against chessmaster personalities.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I think that the important thing here is to performe well against other
>programs, not against cm personalities..IMHO

I think that something that does not work well against other personalities may
not work well against other programs in the future.

>I agree that the queen value seems a little bit illogical, but what if it works?
>We just have to wait and see..
>
>Alvaro

I explained that the reason that it works may be the fact that other programs do
not understand that counting pawns is not important in queen endgames with
passed pawns.

I believe that when programmers will improve their programs it will stop to be a
good idea.

Uri



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