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Subject: Re: Suggestion For CCTF/CCL

Author: Mark Loftus

Date: 15:24:24 06/20/98

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On June 19, 1998 at 17:07:01, Bela Andrew Evans wrote:

>Hi Fernando -- I think your idea of bringing master players home
>to play our computers is a good one -- especially in terms of
>fairness.  By acting as a referee, we could make sure these players
>weren't using any opening books, weren't taking back moves, etc.
>Howver, it would be difficult for any one person to get much data
>in this fashion -- personally I don't have any friends who are
>masters (darn!), and I can't see much of an incentive for people to
>come over and play for hours vs. my computer.
>
>You know, possibly those interested in human-computer games should
>take fuller advantage of the chess servers.  That is probably the
>only place to find enough good humans.  Someone (or a group of
>computer chess enthusiasts with similar hardware) could test their
>favorate programs one by one.  The challenge would be to standardize
>the matches to make the results comparable.  For example, maybe test
>at only a couple of standard time controls; give the operator
>license to takeback mistaken move input; make the games publicly
>available for verification purposes.  Would CCC members be interested
>in creating this standard?  Any interest?

I think the internet chess servers would be a good area to explore in computer
v. human testing, especially for quick chess, or blitz; and whatever we could
get at standard time controls.  Anyone with access to masters, experts,and class
A players also would be helpful.  I'm willing to do whatever I can, I can set up
series with class A and B players and programs.


Mark





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