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Subject: Re: The King at Leiden

Author: Aaron Tay

Date: 05:27:55 05/21/03

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On May 20, 2003 at 17:33:14, Albert Silver wrote:

>>
>>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

but so far no-one managed to find a setting that plays better correct? some were
better at test suites, but no one managed to find a clearly better personality
in terms of playing strenght.

perhaps this tells us something?

>>
>>jm



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