Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:45:56 08/06/02
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On August 05, 2002 at 17:09:23, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On August 05, 2002 at 16:56:41, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >I hope you realize that DIEP played hundreds of games versus knightcap >at the internet, and thousands in total, and that i was a lot of these >games watching. > >knightcap (the pc version) was a very popular opponent to beat when it >was at the end of its learning curve, giving away pieces for just 2 pawns >and one check. > >I have not seen a single testrun which managed to get to a better local >maximum. *always* it was playing towards a parameter set where some >parameters were at least 10 times the value it had to be. giving away >pawns and pieces for just a few checks, it's real incredible. > >At a certain point however, knightcap dissappeared. That's too bad >actually. I hope you realize that at the time when it played at the icc, >that it was already completely the underdog. It usually played way higher >programs. Just beating them once was already great. Knightcap did not disappear. It plays in the B class(Movei is also playing there) see http://home.t-online.de/home/g.simon.rgbg/bcr.htm I will not be surprised if it goes down to the open class. It played 1.e3 e5 2.Qh5 against Movei in the first round and lost. I do not know if this is the result of learning but if this is a result of learning then it seems that it's learning is not productive. Uri
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