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Subject: Re: SSDF and the programmers............

Author: José Berdiñas Bonefua

Date: 20:39:07 03/17/98

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On March 17, 1998 at 17:23:17, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>
>I still think this focusing in engine alone is prehistory. Programs play
>games from the first move to the last. They all count: from openings
>with tuned books and learners to endgame tablebases, and everything in
>between. Not only the engine. Learners are here to stay. You can curse
>them or you can say they are most welcome: avoiding cooked lines,
>avoiding losing the same game 100 times, useful also in computer-human
>playing.

I do not share your point of sight.
With a discreet engine , a good book tuning ( many previous games) and a
good book "learning" , a program can be today the number 1 in SSDF  list
; but surely never will win a WMCCC , because will lose with the
"unknown" programs.
I ask to you, So that serves us then the SSDF????.

Any similarity with Fritz 5 is pure coincidence.!!!

>Maybe they are difficult to program. So is chess itself. Besides, Ed,
>there is no way around it. Programs do have learners. If you step out,
>you step out of the competition. What a shame.
>
>Enrique
>
>>- Ed -



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