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

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 05:14:06 04/02/02

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On April 02, 2002 at 08:08:26, Chris Carson wrote:

>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.

I might ad that I play 40/2 to improve my game and g/15 or g/30 when I want my
best chance to score against a computer (or human for that matter).



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