Author: John Merlino
Date: 16:29:14 10/08/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 18:54:17, Brian Thomas wrote: >>Why would you want to do this? Importing The King engine would be identical to >>playing against the Chessmaster personality (assuming you did not specify any >>specific personality settings), except you would have to deal with the OPK >>number. >> >>Pretty much pointless.... >> >>jm > >Hi John, > >Yes, I realize it appears pointless, but 'on the side' I've been reading up on >using winboard engines, how different engines compare, etc. Specifically I was >going to put Fritz against CM, and other engines. But as a first step, I >thought I'd take the King and make it play itself. The idea being that the >Import should be able to at least draw itself. It seemed like a good starting >place, and would help me figure out what settings affect engine performance. >Obviously, I got something wrong off the start. > >If I didn't learn this, I'd make a mistake in say importing the King into Fritz >with a winboard Converter, and ultimately get incorrect results. > >Brian You can accomplish this simply by making new personalities based on the Chessmaster personality, and changing the settings that you are curious about. There is no need to import The King engine. But, expecting that the imported version "should be able to at least draw itself" is also rather strange. They would be the exact same engine (assuming the same personality settings) so the test has no meaning. If you pit any engine against itself, it is still somewhat possible to get a 7-3 or even an 8-2 score. You would have to play at least 100 games to test this theory, and you can just as easily do it by pitting Chessmaster against itself. jm
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