Author: Eelco de Groot
Date: 20:28:41 03/11/01
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On March 11, 2001 at 23:10:23, John Dahlem wrote: >On March 11, 2001 at 20:13:50, Thomas Mayer wrote: > >>Hi Eelco, >> >>>Does anybody maybe know if the Chess Tiger accounts on ICC are still >>>encountering 1.h2-h4 openings as Black? >>today or yesterday I have seen at least one Chess Tiger account that has in its >>finger notes that it refuses openings like that... And there was mentioned that >>it refuses to play also many other openings like this... (Reason, also pointed >>out in finger notes: To maximize score) > > >Are you kidding me? The Chess Tiger accounts dont accept 1.h4 because they >ALWAYS lose to it. There is no point in accepting a game starting with that >opening because it is over once it is played. The reason this user doesnt accept >that opening is to protect himself from cheaters, or at least people taking >advantage of a weakness in a program to inflate their rating. > > Well we were trying to find a way around that by making a user book with a few more moves in it against 1.h2-h4. People could do that easily themselves unless there is some glitch. See messages at http://www.rebel.nl/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000149.html I haven't tried this out myself but I thought it might work. I mean 1.h2-h4? But if it doesn't work I would like to hear about it. If necessary I could try to put a little Anti-Borg.BK together myself but I have no way of trying it out on the servers. That's why I would like to see some games if it isn't working yet as planned. Regards, Eelco > > > > > >> >>Well, they can do what they want, but I think those operators are really no >>sportsman... >> >>Another nice thing I see often: Someone starts a new (C)-account, most of the >>time with crafty and a GHz-munster of computer. After that it sees my little >>Quark and plays as many games as possible. (Well, first it must play some >>different opponents, but when it has more then 20 games he starts with that) >>So they get amazing high ratings in the beginning... (Sometimes, from time to >>time Quark can fight back... :) >> >>At the moment I am really considering to at least noplay crafty-clones because >>of this behaviour. Or maybe all computers - but I do not want to do that because >>some other programmes use my program (and it's uncommon style) to test certain >>things... >> >>Funny is that all programmers are sportsman in this case... but there is not >>much sportsmanship on most of the new (C)-accounts... >> >>Greets, Thomas
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