Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:21:26 02/06/03
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On February 06, 2003 at 19:32:28, Chessfun wrote: >On February 06, 2003 at 19:18:14, GuyHaworth wrote: > >>>I wouldn't rely on those guys as far as the book. They don't seem to understand >>>how computers use books, or how they use time, or how pondering can affect >>>things. Fed had a particularly bad day, saying again the "computer is toast," >>>right before the draw. >>> >> >>To be fair to chess.fm, they were reporting a listener's input to them about >>opening books. >> >>g > > >IMHO they seem to know very little about Chess programs in general. Will is >right they have no understanding at all, of how a PC program uses it's book, >when it's in book, or even if it can get back into book. They should at least >take the time IMO to find things like that out especially after the earlier Deep >Fritz match when the same types of comments were made. They had plenty of problems. IM Kim Commons kept prompting me to correct them early in the match as they would see crafty's analysis (+=good for white, -=good for black) and screw up things royally. Crafty would be looking at a move for black with a score of -1.8, and they would say "black is now losing according to crafty." :) I'm not sure they _ever_ figured out what was going on... > >It also maybe wouldn't hurt them to have a PC program open during the broadcast, >rather than lets look what my program says in analysis mode then quote a 10 ply >or 10 second search?. > >Sarah.
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