Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:59:42 05/02/03
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On May 02, 2003 at 09:53:29, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On May 02, 2003 at 09:47:43, Uri Blass wrote: > >>In this case then I see no reason for the ssdf to test it. >>I do not see what is interesting in seeing a program losing the same game in the >>same way. > >The booklearning from (Chessbase) opponents isn't specifically orientated >towards repeating winning lines indefinitely AFAIK. The exception being Gandalf. I remember that Fritz5 or Fritz5.32 repeated the same win some times against Rebel8 in the ssdf games so maybe it is only with the new chessbase programs. > >I also get the impression that the Ruffian book is wide and varied enough to >avoid repetitions to a certain degree. > >>The ssdf should check if a program can lose the same game twice and refuse to >>test programs that can do it. > >They could also have chosen to test Ruffian as a WinBoard engine. However, lack >of learning is an engine "feature" which is tested as well as other parameters. > >Regards, >Mogens I think that the point is that it is not interesting to see the same game repeats. I think that adding programs that are stupid enough to do it is(even in small number of cases) is a bad idea. Uri
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