Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 11:12:21 06/13/00
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On June 13, 2000 at 01:57:30, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On June 12, 2000 at 18:34:30, Tom Kerrigan wrote: > >>Wouldn't that be the best way to solve the problem, though? No bloody shins OR >>sore hands. And the rock still gets moved. > >Yes, that would indeed be the easiest way, but it might not be the best. > >>Well, if you don't like that argument, look at it from another point of view... >> >>Imagine that opening books hadn't been invented. Now imagine that Stefan (to >>pick a random programmer) puts an opening book in Shredder. Of course, Shredder >>jumps to the top of the SSDF list and is 100 points better than any other >>program because it has an opening book. What would you say? >> >>A) "Wow!! Shredder can play beautiful opening moves instantly! Stefan is a >>brillant programmer and opening books are a tremendous benefit to computer >>chess!" >> >>or >> >>B) "Stefan is such a cheater. He shouldn't be allowed to use that stupid book >>and I'm never going to buy Shredder." > >I don't think I would go with any of the above, a little too black or white IMO. >The contest between Shredder and other programs would just be interesting as it >has a clear advantage using an opening book. From a testgame point of view it's >important with equal terms, unless you want to determine the gain from using >books. Equal terms is a pipe dream. Let's say one program has a better evaluation function than another. Or searches faster. Should it be handicapped in the name of equal terms? -Tom
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