Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 02:19:50 12/27/97
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On December 27, 1997 at 03:09:58, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >Dear Chris, > >I think you misunderstand what we wrote. Of course the learner-option >is not the point, we were talking about cooked lines. In reaction on a >posting by Thorsten, who found out in a game MCP versus Hiarcs that >MCP played 37 moves of 'theory' and left the book with a +4 score. > >THAT is a development I dislike. Only they are not cooked, they are auto-learnt. The difference is in the intention. Further, why is it that the Rebel team are always so busy assaulting Mchess ? First it was Ed several months ago with a major anti-Mchess campaign; now you seem to be acting as proxy and doing the same thing. So he leaves the book with a plus score. So what. CSTal leaves book with major plus scores, major minus scores, it happens; and I've never cooked a book in my life. Plug the holes in your book. And thank Mchess for pointing them out to you. Chris Whittington > >Regards, Jeroen > >> >>I want to defend Mchess. >> >>Because, in these arguments over the past few days, I'm reminded of >>Stalin's dictum from the 1930's. He said that *intentions* were >>irrelevent. If the *result* of your actions were counter-revolutionary, >>then you were a counter-revolutionary - and should therefore be shot. No >>matter that you were trying to fulfill the plan if you made a mistake >>and failed - you were to be shot. >> >>Now Mchess has a learning feature - it tries an opening; if it comes out >>of the line with a minus, it remembers and tries another move later. if >>it comes out plus, it remembers and extends the book. This way it builds >>a book where 'bad' theory gets rejected; and a new Mchess idea gets >>tried. If the 'new' idea works, it becomes part of the book, Hence the >>later computer games of mchess where it plays as per some Gm or Im game >>up to move 38, amd then there's another move, never seen before, or >>other move series never seen before. So Mchess extends chess knowledge >>via autoplayer games. They then release with the new book; and the ng's >>start to skweak. >> >>The *effect* is counter-revolutionary, while the *intent* was greater >>knowledge. >> >>You guys argue to shoot Sandro Nechi. Instead you should be applauding >>him. >> >>Chris Whittington
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