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Subject: Re: Ruffian's blind spot

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 07:31:48 05/20/03

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On May 20, 2003 at 06:31:23, Uri Blass wrote:

>On May 19, 2003 at 23:46:58, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>I was trying to figure out why my latest build doesn't do quite as well on
>>ecm86, and I ran Ruffian on it.  To my surprise, Ruffian couldn't solve it, even
>>given 5 minutes.  This is odd, since most other progs can do it in less than 10
>>seconds.  (What I take away from this exercise is that my program must now be
>>stronger.  Otherwise, I'd have to work on the problem, which is much less
>>interesting than testing new ideas.)
>>
>>[D]2r3k1/1nqbrp2/p5pp/1p1Pp1N1/8/1P5P/P1B2PP1/2RQR1K1 w - -
>
>I do not think that the fact that your program failed in the same position that
>Ruffian failed is a proof that it is stronger.
>
>I do not say that it is not stronger but only that you cannot use it as a proof.
>
>Uri

Uri,

Humor, Uri, humor.  A bit dry, I know.  The occasional comma can also be useful.
:)

Will



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