Author: Mark Young
Date: 12:36:24 10/23/98
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On October 23, 1998 at 14:54:30, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On October 22, 1998 at 23:38:10, Komputer Korner wrote: > >>There is nothing wrong in getting a draw with black. I would regard the fact >>that you did not win with white as the failing. Where do get off criticizing a >>program that does not win against you as black when you make no attempt to win >>as white? Even if you would draw Kasparov with a game like that, I would >>consider it no achievement. Give us a game where you win against Rebel 10 or at >>least draw with black. > >No, it's a real problem, and a legitimate one. If you want to play against the >general opponent pool, and maintain a high rating, you have to be able to deal >with low rated players who don't have much ambition during the games where you >have black. > >If the programs are vulnerable to a certain playing style, it is not right to >criticize oppoonents who know this and take advantage of it, rather it is right >to criticize the program for playing in this way. It's to a program's credit if >it is able to avoid this kind of thing, it's better for the program's results, >and it's better for the customer, who isn't encouraged to distort their playing >style in order to achieve success against the program. > >I see this all the time on the net, mine does it too. I have people who play >the same opening over and over again and try to achieve a dead ending. > bruce Not only low rated players like myself can take advantage of programs this way, I have seen titled players do the same thing. Playing white or black, when playing online. I normal would not post a game like this, because all program will fall to this from time to time, but Anti-GM is supposed to fight to keep the initiative. Therefore, I thought it was appropriate to test this out and post the game. mark
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