Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:06:10 03/29/02
Go up one level in this thread
On March 29, 2002 at 10:57:32, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On March 29, 2002 at 01:56:18, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>Hi Pavel >> >>Well, we want to know how the programs are dealing with the given 10 positions >>and furthermore should like to learn how the usual opening books have an >>infuence to the general playing strenght of the programs. No one has ever made >>such a trial with the strongest program over such a long tournament. > >Hey Kurt, > >The problem with the Nunn positions is that they are quite old. One could hazard >the guess that they might be somewhat cooked by now, ie. subject to engine >tuning. I have no idea if that is the case, but it's a plausible risk IMO. I do not see the risk here. The test is supposed only to check which program is better in the nunn positions and nothing else. If programmers really worked on tuning their engines to the nunn positions then they deserve to win the contest because it will be unfair if they get nothing for their work. Uri
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.