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Subject: Re: GM at home? Well, for the first couple weeks perhaps.

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 05:08:26 04/02/02

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On April 01, 2002 at 22:50:38, Ratko V Tomic wrote:

>> We saw how effective a 2700 GM was against Rebel after 100
>> preparation games, two wins and two losses.
>
>I don't think the practice was with the the fully identical
>program version, opening book and settings. I was talking about
>having an equivalent of "GM at home" and not about a developer
>team providing new versions, new books, new settings... etc.
>That's why we keep upgrading or buying new programs or experiment
>with program parameters. The old ones wear out, they become
>relatively weaker against a given human after some play at fixed
>settings.

Actually just book and settings is all that is required to change the way the
program plays and you get that at home.  My play against humans dramatically
improves when I practice against a computer, my analysis more complete and I
have a better understanding of my own strengths and weakness.



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