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Subject: Re: thats completely typical here IMO

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 09:17:04 11/06/00

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On November 06, 2000 at 11:31:58, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 06, 2000 at 02:34:04, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>
>>On November 06, 2000 at 01:00:53, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>Minor eval changes (commands any user can type directly into crafty) will
>>>>yield this:
>>>>               5     0.35     --   1. Rdg1
>>>>                5     0.40   4.17   1. Rdg1 Bf3 2. Bg5 Qc7 3. Bxh7+ Kxh7
>>>>                5     0.64     ++   1. Rhg1!!
>>>>                5     0.74   4.72   1. Rhg1 Bf3 2. Rdf1 Qc7 3. Bxh7+ Kxh7
>>>>                5->   0.88   4.72   1. Rhg1 Bf3 2. Rdf1 Qc7 3. Bxh7+ Kxh7
>>>>                6     1.15   4.61   1. Rhg1 Nf6 2. Bh6 Ra7 3. Bxh7+ Kxh7
>>>>                                    4. Bxg7 Rxg7
>>>>                6->   1.40   4.61   1. Rhg1 Nf6 2. Bh6 Ra7 3. Bxh7+ Kxh7
>>>>                                    4. Bxg7 Rxg7
>>>>                7     1.85     ++   1. Rhg1!!
>>>>                7->   4.66   5.00   1. Rhg1 Nf6 2. Bh6 Ra7 3. Bxh7+ Kxh7
>>>>                                    4. Bxg7 Rxg7
>>>>                8     7.20   5.35   1. Rhg1 Qc8 2. Bh6 e4 3. Bxe4 Re8 4.
>>>>                                    Rxg4 Qxg4
>>>>                8->  13.21   5.35   1. Rhg1 Qc8 2. Bh6 e4 3. Bxe4 Re8 4.
>>>>                                    Rxg4 Qxg4
>>>>                9    25.25   5.23   1. Rhg1 Qc8 2. Bh6 Rf4 3. Bxg7 Nxg7
>>>>                                    4. Nxf4 Bxd1 5. Ne6 Nc6
>>>>                9->  31.06   5.23   1. Rhg1 Qc8 2. Bh6 Rf4 3. Bxg7 Nxg7
>>>>                                    4. Nxf4 Bxd1 5. Ne6 Nc6
>>
>>nice nice bob.
>>
>>>>Which shows what your position proves.  Namely nothing.  The first issue is
>>>>to _play_ the right move.  Whether your eval is overly optimistic or overly
>>>>pessimistic doesn't really matter, in this position...
>>>>There is no "new" paradigm...
>>>>That is just a buzz-word...
>>
>>aha. and how do YOU know ? without knowing the program ?
>
>Perhaps because I _listen_ to the author of that program when he explains
>what he did?  Vs trying to dream of what I _hope_ he might have done?
>
>
>>without seeing its evaluation live in many many games ?
>
>
>I _have_ seen the evaluation live in "many games".  Some of the beta testers
>have asked to see my kibitzes (scores, etc.) and they do the same.  That is
>how I first noticed that its eval was often 2-3 pawns higher than mine with
>absolutely no justification, based on the board position.  It because pretty
>obvious that it has lots of big scores for its own pieces, but it doesn't pay
>any attention at all to what kind of defensive resources are availab.e
>
>
>Not _every_ open file around the king is fatal.  Particularly if your opponent
>gets two rooks doubled on that file himself.
>
>
>>i say it is different, and i came with a position
>>difficult to understand for some computerchess programs that
>>are on the market.
>
>
>You are simply wrong.  _every_ program anyone tried found the right move.  But
>that isn't good enough for you.  You have some exaggerated idea about what the
>_score_ for that move should be.  I can adjust crafty's king safety quite
>easily to make the score for Rhg1 -5, 0, or +5.  Yet it plays that move
>_every_ time.  The number assigned to the score is not nearly so important as
>the move that is chosen.
>
>
>
>>IMO you talk about "hear-said" with showing your prejudices.
>
>that is "hear-say" and I did "hear" what Christophe "said".
>
>
>
>
>>you don't want that a new paradigm exists.
>>that it even COULD exist.
>>you are like newton talking with einstein,
>>or the catholic church talking with giordano bruno.
>>or the catholic church talking with galileo galilei.
>>you have your point of view (it does not exist!)
>>and you claim your point of view. nothing against this.
>>its a free world.
>>you don't see the thing because you don't want to see it. because
>>it does not fit in your ideas how to make a chess program.
>>its not possible for you.
>>but it IS possible.
>>i do not say that any program that "solves" the position is a new
>>paradigm. i say that christophes program is very strong AND
>>works also in this position. if cstal or gandalf would be complete
>>losers, and would behave good in this position, it would not be
>>a big thing, or ? but they are not complete losers. and even more
>>for gambit-tiger. it won 2 tournaments, dutch and french championships,
>>and IMO the reason it did so is that is is not working the "crafty/bob hyatt"
>>way/paradigm.
>
>Then I assume you believe it will rise to #1 on the SSDF when it blows out
>all those other "crafty/bob hyatt" paradigm programs?  :)

I can only say that based on the Rebel site gambittiger and tiger13 are only
50-70 elo better than the previous version of tiger and it means that it is
going to have similiar rating to Fritz6a(50 elo better than tiger12 means 7 elo
worse than fritz6a and 70 elo better than tiger12 means 13 elo better than
fritz6a)

I am not against tiger but I tend to believe the Rebel site more than the the
impression of the beta testers.

Gambittiger is probably not going to be number 1 in the ssdf because I guess
that the improvement in Fritz is more than 13 elo.

My guess is that Gambit is going to be number 3 in the ssdf that is a good
result.

Uri



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