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Subject: Re: A strong finish by Aristarch 4.21 vs. Crafty 19.03

Author: Eran

Date: 03:15:01 05/13/03

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On May 13, 2003 at 04:33:12, Stefan Zipproth wrote:

>>I understand your message above but you should add your code for under-promotion
>>to your future versions of Aristarch. If you prefer making an UCI-option that
>>would make your Aristarch support under-promotion, please do it. In either case,
>>your Aristarch would be "state of the art" and I would be happy to try it.
>>
>>Eran
>
>
>Why should I add it as a default? Why would it be "state of the art"? I think it
>would make Aristarch weaker. There are lots of other move classes that Aristarch
>never plays - I think this is okay because it makes Aristarch strong. I am sure
>that there are even professional engines that do under-promotion only in the
>first two plies.

You are right. You are an expert in your Aristarch programming. I did not know
that adding under-promotion code or other move classes would make Aristarch
weaker. I am not a chess programmer. :)) What I did to you before was just a
suggestion and that was all. Anyway, I am impressed to hear that your Aristarch
plays stronger than Ruffian. Congratulations!

Eran



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