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Subject: Re: Just comparing lists...

Author: Andreas Guettinger

Date: 04:34:14 10/25/02

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On October 25, 2002 at 06:09:04, Sune Fischer wrote:
>
>I assume you are thinking of Crafty?
>In that case I think Crafty is geared towards human games and not towards
>eng-eng matches. Hyatt has added special anti-human knowledge AFAIK, my guess is
>that that stuff is counter productive in eng-eng matches, but if the play
>against humans is better then who cares about eng-eng matches?
>
>Remember the SSDF measures only eng-eng performance.
>
>I consider eng-eng matches only to be a tool in the development of the engine,
>doing well in eng-eng matches is not a goal in itself IMO.
>
>-S.

Well spoken, I completely agree. But unfortunately most people are fixed on
eng-eng matches.

Andreas



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