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Subject: Re: RUFFIAN finds Rd4!!

Author: Daniel Clausen

Date: 01:57:33 10/08/02

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On October 07, 2002 at 22:13:09, Christophe Theron wrote:

[snip]

>It is much more interesting to point out that Ruffian finds it. Even if it
>takes longer than Tiger 15 or Genius 2.
>
>You are not going to get much attention by mentionning that Tiger would have
>played it.

It would get much more attention if Tiger15 would find it while running under
Linux. :))

Probably less interesting but more relevant is the fact that more or less all
computers evaluate the moves Rd2, Rd4 and Rd1 similar (+= 0.1 pawns) and whether
a specific engine at specific settings at a specific day time on a specific
computer prefers Rd4 over Rd2 is just a matter of luck. (ie Crafty also prefers
Rd4 for a very long time, then it switches to Rd2, and after some time it may
switch back to Rd4 again, or Rd1, who knows :)

Sargon



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