Author: Albert Silver
Date: 14:33:14 05/20/03
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>Johan does know the SKR settings, as he and I discussed them (and several other
>settings that had some success in user tournaments). I think it is most accurate
>to say that he was not CONVINCED that these settings were better than the
>default.
Unless this is being extremely diplomatic, it says that he isn't convinced that
they aren't better either. I'm sure he has his own testing methods, so why not
subject this personality to them? Did he test it at all?
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>Johan spends a great deal of time testing his engine, and his testing results in
>the settings that are used in the program. Johan then usually will test out his
>theories/suspicions in tournaments such as Leiden. Ultimately, it would be silly
>to say that somebody else knows The King better than (or even as well as) Johan.
Maybe, maybe not. Ed Schroeder has often sent out contests for users to try to
improve on his settings, or find settings with an edge in specific areas, and he
certainly tested his program enough. This would seem to show that perhaps he
doesn't believe it's impossible for a dedicated user to find an improvement.
Albert
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>jm
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