Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:39:07 04/13/98
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On April 13, 1998 at 13:26:06, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >I agree about testing programs on equal platforms. Instead, I don't >think the rest is necessary. Programs should be considered as a whole: >books, engine, table bases. Learners, even better if in combination with >wide books, take care of cooks and double games. In my opinion this is >not an issue any more. Absolutely. Bigger, better books, and better learners. We aren't in Chess Challenger 7 times anymore, you don't want to be out of book after 1. d4 Nf6. >As for autoplayers, I have seen enough erratic behavior from auto232 >games to consider it flawless and to accept it as the mandatory >standard. >- Programs overruling the autoplayer by playing longer games than >allowed by the /m parameter. >- Programs that terminate the game for no apparent reason. >- Programs that terminate the game and count it as a win when in their >evaluation the opponent is at - 5, forcing the opponent to resign. >- Programs that terminate a game when arbitrarily decide it's a double >game. Right, every game should go to mate, or a claimable draw, and the autoplayer should enforce this. I have heard that Rebel does some of the above if you set up a match on your own, but it's turned off for the SSDF list, I thought. >Tricks are possible even through a standard auto232 device. If programs >learned to take care of themselves regarding cooked lines, they should >do the same about possible autoplaying tricks. No, the autoplayer should enforce this. It shouldn't be allowed to try to mess with the autoplayer. >In the end, and thanks to learners, engines decide the outcome of games >more now than before, because cooks and doubles in games played by new >programs are infrequent enough to be of statistic significance. So I >don't see the use of complicating matters in this area. Instead, I think >learners are a genuine improvement. Right. bruce
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