Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 11:59:31 08/23/01
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On August 23, 2001 at 14:48:27, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 23, 2001 at 14:42:54, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On August 23, 2001 at 14:36:16, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>Use of commercial books is old hat. You will find that quite a few amateur >>>programs use the fritz 4 book, and have done so openly for many years. >> >>Yes. This is the key issue. They did so openly. While I find >>it a very weird idea that you can be an amateur and use a >>professional book, lying about it is much worse. >> >>>If it is not spelled out as a rules violation, then it is not wrong to do so. >> >>Right and Wrong are not solely determined by written rules. In a sporting event, right and wrong are determined by written and unwritten rules. Was this not allowed by any of those? >>>It probably *should* be specified one way or the other. I doubt that it has >>>been or the problem would not arise. >> >>I agree 100% here. >> >>>At any rate, an entertaining tournament as always. Shredder has once again >>>risen to the top, and certainly deserves every accolade. >> >>Darn. It almost looks like this thing can't lose :) >>Why are we holding tournaments still :)) >> >>>And Gromit has obviously made enormous strides. >> >>With a dark shadow over those 'accomplishments'... > >From: >http://213.191.70.91/shope/index.html > >We have this: >"GROMIT >by Frank Schneider and Kai Skibbe > >Gromit is a very slow engine in nodes/second. The authors prefer better >positional evaluation over higher speed. They are successfull with this concept. >Gromit doesn´t have to hide behind the fast tacticians. Tactical disadvantages >are compensated with clean positional play. It allows less possibilities for the >tacticians to use their strength. Frank Schneider used to develop Gromit on his >own. With the new version he co-operates with Kai Skibbe. They rewrote the >engine completely which did a lot of good to it. It's much stronger already. >kN/s: 30-35, not faster in the endgame. Taktiktest: 90 solved in 10 seconds >average > >DM 19,90 | Euro 10,17" > >Which I take to mean it is a professional engine [sold for money] and normally >uses the Fritz book anyway n'est ce pas? Got another question here: What the heck is amateur then? What determines that? the price? the sales volume? Regards, miguel
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