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Subject: Re: SSDF(Junior 6 - MCP8)AMD K6-2 450, 2.5-.5, ended 25-15.

Author: Bertil Eklund

Date: 09:59:37 06/30/00

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On June 30, 2000 at 08:03:48, blass uri wrote:

>On June 30, 2000 at 06:05:46, Tony Hedlund wrote:
>
>>On June 30, 2000 at 02:51:13, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>>
>>>On June 29, 2000 at 18:37:56, Rajen Gupta wrote:
>>>
>>>>could you tell how many games were won or lost before actual play started ie in
>>>>the opening itself-i remember a few yrs back MCP was notorious for its killer
>>>>lines-are these lines now toothless or do the new programmes know how to avoid
>>>>them?
>>>>
>>>>rajen
>>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>McP8 has a new wider book almost without killer-lines. It includes IMO several
>>>suicide lines instead.
>>>
>>>
>>>Bertil
>>
>>Yes, it lost a lot(6)of games in the B87 variation as white.
>>
>>Tony
>
>This is a problem in the learning function.
>I found that it could draw some games in the B87 variation for example it drew
>game 30 but could not repeat the same line in game 38.
>
>game 30
>
>[D]r4r1k/6pp/3Q1b2/4p3/8/4B3/q5PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
>
>mchesspro8 drew by 26.Bc5 and in game 38 in the same position mchess played
>26.Qb4 and lost
>
>I also do not understand the reason for repeating the same line that give white
>a position with a pawn down.
>
>The question is if it can happen without the autoplayer(I do not 100% trust the
>autoplayers and if I see programs do something stupid one of the possible reason
>that I think of is the autoplayer).
>
>Uri
Hi!

Mcpro doesn't have a book-learner only position-learning. Play with Mcp6 and it
plays after 1.e4-e5 2.Bc4 in about 90% of the games with or without autoplayer.
If it runs in a hopeless opening position say -2 it's very hard to save this
with the position-learner.

Bertil



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