Author: Roland Pfister
Date: 23:31:41 06/04/98
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On June 04, 1998 at 17:33:28, David Fotland wrote: >On June 03, 1998 at 17:05:32, odell hall wrote: > >>I am curious do programmers know how to defeat there own programs. It >>would seem reasonable since they would have specific knowledge about the >>strengths and weakness of their own programs. For instance i would love >>schroeder to tell me the best way to beat rebel. Or is this question >>rediculous?? Can I please get some comments on this from various >>programmers > >I can't beat my program, but I am quite weak as a chess player, >about 1600 on FICS. My program is about 1800. A related question >is: Is there a limit to how much better the program can be than >the programmer (or chess advisor)? I doubt I could write a competitive >chess program since I wouldn't know what to put in the evaluation >function. And Deep Blue had a grandmaster advisor. You need testers, that can tell you what went wrong, if you don't see it yourself. > Is anyone's >program more than 400 points stronger than the programmer (or advisor)? >Perhaps once the program is strong enough that the programmer can't beat >it, the programmer can't figure out how to improve it easily? > That is true if the programmer is the only person that plays against his program. Try to find others to play it. >David
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