Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 02:43:08 07/25/01
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On July 25, 2001 at 05:27:51, Jouni Uski wrote: >On July 25, 2001 at 05:20:16, Sune Larsson wrote: > >>There have been some negative voices heard about this program. Statements >>like "just pushing wood around with no plan" etc. Also the results haven't >>been too good. A lot of effort has been put down to test different settings >>in CM8, with some fruitful results. My question is if anybody has done the >>same with Nimzo 8? A while ago I read some suggestions of changing the >>"Middlegame mobility" from default 24 to 48 - and the "Endgame mobility" >>from 10 to 20. But I'm not sure about the results. Then there are other >>parameters in Nimzo like "Weight king safety", "Weight pawn structure", >>"Futility cutoff", the different "Piece values" and also the styles of >>"Solid", "Aggressive", "Offensive" and "Allround". >>If not an absolute top program, at least it should be possible to make >>the playing style interesting and attractive. >> >>Any comments are welcome. >> >>Sune > >Can somebody also try to get more from DeepFritz and Chess Tiger by changing >parameters :-) > >My own feeling: waste of time. The programmer must him/herself found the best >settings! From these words I take it you don't play much against programs yourself?! Anyway, such a negative attitude is not going to make things better. I'm very impressed by the play of some newly created Chessmaster personalities. And the difference to the default also reflects in some good results vs Fritz and Tiger etc. If you read my post carefully, it's not revolving solely about "getting more" from Nimzo or finding "the best" settings... Sune > >Jouni
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