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Subject: Re: Some explanations about SmarThink

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 04:44:13 06/06/03

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Do you think, that Smarthink for chessbase is stronger thatn the WB-Version?

regards Joachim

On June 05, 2003 at 23:58:13, Sergei S. Markoff wrote:

>Hello All!
>
>Thank you to your attention to SmarThink project.
>
>I must make some explanations.
>The strength of SmarThink is very depends of time control. It's because of
>extremely bad method of time management. SmarThink was created for fisher-clock
>and there are several problems with time management in all types of
>non-fisher-clock games. It will be fixed in next version, i think.
>
>The current SmarThink's book is really weak. That's why it's better to use any
>good book instead of native.
>
>SmarThink has learning and it seems to be OK. But by default it's off. See
>SmarThink.ini for details.
>
>The ratings listed on SmarThink page means about nothing (: It's based on some
>net-tournaments in which several engines was rated much higher than in SSDF, for
>example. Please keep it in view. The only meaning of ratings is to show the
>growth of playing strength from version to version.
>
>WB emulator = ChessBase WB adaptor. Nothing more.
>
>SmarThink has some advantages with compare to other WB engines under adaptor.
>It's not cleares some statistics when GUI sends "new" and all previous moves (:
>Current WB adaptor really terrible thing but we haven't anything better :(
>
>Why emulator? Beceuse it emulating WB under CB for engine. If your thing that
>word "adaptor" is better - OK, I will replace it on my page.
>
>SmarThink also uses some elements of Botvinnik methods of trajectories. See
>SmarThink details on SmarThink page.
>
>Now I'm working on SmarThink 0.17. It will be finished in next few weeks. It
>will be I think 20-30 points stronger. Also will be fixed problems with time
>management and will be added UCI support.
>
>Sincerely yours,
>Sergei



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