Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 03:34:57 10/29/03
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On October 29, 2003 at 05:41:39, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 29, 2003 at 04:59:37, Sune Fischer wrote: >The programmer cannot know for sure if the loss is because of bad luck or >because of cheating. Right, so you either trust the guy or you don't. It's going to drive you crazy if you have to question his loyalty everytime the engine is unlucky. >>What does engine strength have to do with it? >> >>What excuse does Fritz have when it loses? (I'd use the same :) > >The point is that I do not feel cheated if my engine lose against Fritz because >fritz is simply better. Fritz would be worse with a bad book, so the book is a factor to Fritz as well. Whether a book takes an engine from 2700 to 2750 or from 2350 to 2400 is more or less the same to me. I don't think Fritz gets more from a book like that then most amateurs would, if anything I think Fritz needs the book a little less than so many others. >If you have an inferior engine then book is the last thing that you should care >about. To play the guitar well you should use all the strings :) It's true though, books are not what I care *most* about (remember I'm even a FRC-supporter:). >The gap is really big and the top commercial can get more than 50% against >almost every amateur with time handicap of 3:1 > >I may start to think more seriously about book only when I can beat shredder7.04 > in the nunn2 match with time advantage of 3:1 > >Today latest Movei even scored only 45% against Junior5 with that time >advantage(5 minutes for Junior5 and 15 minutes for Movei) and I doubt if Frenzee >is better. Yeah my own fault, I should have leaked you some good scores.. ;) -S. >Uri
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