Author: Alvaro Rodriguez
Date: 05:31:44 04/16/00
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On April 16, 2000 at 08:24:08, blass uri wrote: >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 When you say that "when programmers will improve their programs", what _exactly_ will they improve mattering this setting? I mean, will they tune the program against this setting? Alvaro
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