Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 19:56:48 01/27/03
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On January 27, 2003 at 21:22:58, K. Burcham wrote: > > >If we asked any program who it was playing, wouldn't the reply be, >"why what do you mean, I always play against myself, you mean others play chess >too". > >Do any of the programs have code that is not the same for both sides? >in other words when not in analysis mode, and program is playing against a >human, can the values be different for black if black is program. > >for example, GM vs program. program knows it is playing human GM and knows GM >will play best move to close file. so a value is assigned to this best move to >close file. so this line with this move is not pruned early. program looks at >this line more than if it is in comp vs comp mode. > >I have read about the draw value for chessbase programs, and the explanation by >ED for the anti-human mode. these two are similiar to what I am talking about, >but not exactly. > >so the question is: is the search code and values the same for both sides when a >program is "thinking"? > >kburcham If I remember correctly, Crafty has the capability to adjust it's evaluation parameters based upon whether it's opponent is on a user-maintainable list of either GMs, computers, or "blockers" (known anti-computer specialists). Also, I think xboard/winboard provides info to an engine about the opponent whenever possible as to whether it is an engine or not. Matt
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