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Subject: Re: Who is the better chess program author?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 08:48:26 12/13/01

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On December 12, 2001 at 22:33:15, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On December 12, 2001 at 21:14:13, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On December 12, 2001 at 20:38:08, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>[snip]
>>>Well... I'm still trying to find an example of important contribution by a GM
>>>for Tiger.
>>
>>Interesting.  You don't use any test positions, or gather data from online play,
>>I take it.
>
>I don't gather data from online play. I have never logged onto a chess server
>myself.
>
>I do use test positions. Do you consider that as an important contribution from
>GMs?

It's a way of transferring their knowledge into the chess program.  I think for
most chess programmers, it is very important in the beginning of the project and
becomes less so as the project moves along.  I am working on a test set which I
think will be more helpful in the long run.  It will be called "Quiet Test"



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