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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