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Subject: Re: Kurt Utzinger: I don't understand why you stop testing The King engine.

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 06:57:08 05/22/03

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On May 22, 2003 at 01:10:52, Kurt Utzinger wrote:


Hello Kurt,

I think that you should believe your own eyes and your own evidence.  There are
many other people who see things the way you do.  If someone (be it even the
author of King) think otherwise, they should offer counter-evidence.  Thus, my
opinion is that you ought to go on with the testing because many people here on
the Forum are interested and consider your testing relevant.  I am one of them.
My own, recent and very limited, testing has indicated that the default
parameters of King could be tweaked so that it gets stronger.

Please reconsider your decision.


Best regards,

Djordje




>On May 21, 2003 at 20:48:16, Eran wrote:
>
>>Kurt,
>>
>>After I read the two messages in this forum below
>>
>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?297309
>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?297327
>>
>>I still am not aware of what caused you exactly to stop testing The King engine.
>>If the reason is that testing it was senseless, I still do not understand why.
>>
>>Did Johan de King upset you? Did he say something that bothered you? If yes,
>>what did he say?
>
>
>     At Leiden Johan de Koning mentioned he would not believe that the King
>     plays better with other settings and that there were played too less games
>     to say that other settings are better then the standard ones. I think that
>     there is enough evidence to come to an opposite conclusion. We have played
>     thousands of games at longer time controls with default/other settings but
>     only published the most successful ones (default does not belong to them).
>     If an author is not prepared to accept this fact, I see indeed no reason
>     why CM9-fans should further test the engine with the aim to prove
>     something. I was just angry and therefore decided to stop testing. What I
>     do not understand is why there is made such a tumult about this matter.
>     Kind regards
>     Kurt
>
>>
>>Although I never own any ChessMaster, I am curious to know why clearly. :-)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Eran
>>I enjoy watching your games very much, especially between Rebel12 and other
>>engines, in your homepage. Excellent Job - Two thumbs up! ;-)



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