Author: Roy Brunjes
Date: 06:19:06 02/11/03
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On February 11, 2003 at 09:17:02, Roy Brunjes wrote: >On February 11, 2003 at 07:39:04, Cliff Sears wrote: > >>Can anyone repeat Deep Juniors moves in game 5 (especially Bxh2)? I have a >>slower machine but have been testing Hiarcs 7.32, Junior 6, Shredder 5.32 and >>Fritz 7 and cannot repeat this result. >> >>Cliff > >CM9000 with the "junior" personality does play ... Bxh2 from game 5 of that >match. That does not mean anything however. Many engines are customizable to >the point that they can be tweaked into making a given move in a given position. > >That does not mean that they see the move for the right reasons. It also does >not mean that they play better overall because of those tweaks, and in fact, >they almost certainly play considerably weaker than their "strongest settings". > >That does not mean there is no benefit to tweaking an engine. It is useful to >get a new playing style to fight against in your own games. > >I have previously posted the settings for that personality on this board if you >are curious as to what those settings are. > >Roy Oops, forgot to mention that on my Pentium IV 1.6 Ghz machine, the junior personlity plays Bxh2 in under 3 minutes of search. Given long enough however, it will switch away from Bxh2 after an hour or more (can't remember exactly) and prefer ... b6. Of course additional tweaks could "prevent" that, though I doubt the overall result would be favorable to playing strength. Roy
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