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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 04:01:51 05/13/03

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On May 13, 2003 at 06:15:01, Eran wrote:

>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

Stronger than Ruffian?
Where did you hear it?

Uri



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