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Subject: Re: Do I need to be an expert to appreciate chess progs?

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 10:40:41 07/31/00

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On July 30, 2000 at 23:04:34, Martin Grabriel wrote:

>I played 100 games with 2 less popular and less strong commercial programs over
>the month and score is
>Me : 3
>Computers : 77
>
>I am giving up....I think being a non-expert, I will not be fully appreciative
>of all the top programs ( fact is, I own most of them!) e.g. their playing style
>which only a Master can detect the difference for top programs, etc. Why buy
>another top program if it is just for them to play against one another or use
>them for test sets which zillions of forummers here are already doing? How do
>the rest of you *enjoy* your computer programs? Care to share so that I'll be
>wiser before buying the next top program that is coming out?

Top programs tend to have better evaluation functions, which of course means
that they win, but the moves that they play are "pretty." I think this is worth
something.

-Tom



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