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Subject: Re: Rebel10's anti-GM revised...

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 15:56:48 06/29/98

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>Posted by Bruce Moreland on June 29, 1998 at 18:07:31:

>I think it is about marketing, personally. It's kind of a "Rebel 10 --
>now with more brighteners!" kind of thing.  Who knows what a brightener
>is?

>I am not trying to get your secrets out of you, I think it is dubious
>to start a discussion of a feature without giving a little more detail
>about the feature, to do otherwise isn't to invite discussion of a
>computer chess topic, it's more to invite discussion of Rebel.

Ed is on a marketing trip, Ed is dubious, Ed makes noise....

That's not a good starting point if you want an answer.

- Ed -


>How many lines of code is this feature, Ed?  Does it only come into play when
>the program is down material?  Does it get more correct on ECM?

>>I deliberately do not pick a positional example (although I personally
>>believe they are MUCH more important) because you can always argue
>>about the moves as we all have our different taste. So a pure tactical
>>example and this time there can be no confusion about the key-move.

>>r2q1rk1/pbppn1p1/1p2p1Bp/7Q/3PN3/b1P5/P1PB1PPP/1R2R1K1 w - - bm Bxh6;

>>This game fragment comes from the WCM Munich 1993, Hiarcs - Genius.
>>Rebel10 (without anti-GM) finds Bxh6 on ply-7, score 1.19, time 0:27
>>Rebel10 (with anti-GM) finds Bxh6 on ply-5, score 1.23, time 0:01

>Cool example, but what is the purpose:

>1) Let us discuss means of finding tactical shots.
>2) Mine gets this faster now, but I won't talk about why.
>If point 2, then why bring up the subject?

>>Note that anti-GM is not about tactical tricks like extra extensions,
>>just some specific positional knowledge.

>So are you finding this stuff because the positional terms are
>slightly different and jostle your search a little bit?  Are you
>finding them because the positional terms are *huge* and lead to
>speculative play?

>What is the subject of this thread?  How do I contribute meaningfully?

>bruce




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