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Subject: Re: ICC question - Computers play unrated games?

Author: Pete R.

Date: 08:52:15 03/12/01

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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)
>
>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.

Just curious, do any computers on ICC play UN-rated games?  And if they did who
would play them?  I would like to do investigations of certain lines by having a
computer play them online against all opposition (and I couldn't care less if
people "cheat", in fact I would approve, since the goal is to test the lines
against best possible play), but I don't want to get into all this
ratings-grabbing nonsense. Obviously if I play selected lines I run into the
possibility of losing or drawing repeatedly until I adjust the book, etc. I
don't care about ratings, but I don't want to feed people that do either.



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