Author: Ingo Althofer
Date: 23:04:49 12/06/02
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On December 06, 2002 at 17:36:24, martin fierz wrote: >... i >can assure you that LOTS of CC players only turn on their engine and enter the >opponents move when they get it, and really don't find their own moves. instead, >they go with the recommendation of the engine, > >or, if several moves are close in >value, they may choose the second or third-best. these are the guys who don't >find their moves themselves. Hello Martin, I would like to distinguish severely between * those players who only use the (single) best proposal of their program and * those who let run the program in 2-best or 3-best mode - finally selecting from the two or three candidate moves shown. Such a multiple-choice mode can lead to a trememdous increase in playing strength. Years ago I made such multiple choice experiments in "over the board" chess, calling the system "Double-Fritz plus Boss": Fritz4 computed its two best candidate moves and me (=the human boss) always had the final choice amongst them. In two events in 1996 (the seven round open tournament in Apolda, and a 4.5:3.5-win in an 8-games match against GM Gennadi Timoscenko) "Double-Fritz plus Boss" scored around 200 rating points better than Fritz4's own (SSDF) rating. Using computer proposals in multiple choice mode can be a trememdous help (not only in chess). Ingo Althofer.
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