Author: Thomas Mayer
Date: 22:31:14 03/11/01
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Hi John, 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. > They might lose against some very good programs and humans with that line. But they will, for example, not lose against me (human) and I think they wont lose against my Quark, because I have no killer line in my book... (Neither I want to put one in... Easy code: - opponent=chess tiger -> play h4 - but what should that help my program ? All I want to program is a good program not some tiger-killer lines... ?!) Cheaters ? You can protect you from cheaters if you send their names to ICC-officials... Refuse to play openings ? That is also kind of cheating in my opinion. I think it would be easy to avoid problems if you put some lines on h4 into the book. What is a rating ? It shows relativ strength of accounts, if tiger can not play with h4 the rating should show that in my opinion... Refusion opening-lines is NO solution. Greets, Thomas P.S.: I will try to get those finger notes... I will not show the name of that account - if there are cheaters they can cheat as much as they want, not my problem... But I wonder - what the hell do they gain with high ratings ? What is funny about that ?
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