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Subject: Re: Drawing against Computers (mainly for Kurt)

Author: Brian Thomas

Date: 10:49:55 07/24/03

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>>A lot of the engines have been tweaked for play against other engines.  Have you
>>tried some of the "anti-human" or more aggressive settings of some of the
>>engines?  It would be interesting, for example, to see how your games are
>>against, for example, Deep Sjeng 1.5 on aggressive, Junior ZX, or Shredder on
>>aggressive.  Since these settings are more likely to favor wild positions and
>>sacrifices, it may change the dynamic.
>
>     This may indeed be the case. I have not yet tested under such
>     conditions. I assume that it will be harder to get draws. But on
>     the other hand, it could more likely happen that I even win from
>     time to time a game.
>     Kurt

Exactly, because you could pick up on a possible material advantage and take the
initiative.  I think it may be more exciting chess, though, than playing for a
draw.

If you ever try something like this, post the game, it will be interesting to
watch.

Brian



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