Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 13:42:58 10/31/03
Go up one level in this thread
On October 31, 2003 at 16:34:30, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On October 31, 2003 at 16:20:42, Joachim Rang wrote: > >>Of course there is the moral question. But SSDF was so many times accused of >>not testing the TOP-Engines which are not from Chessbase and were so many times >>accused to test in favor of Chessbase, that I think it is a good decision to >>test the strongest Setting of The King with a decent book. > >If SSDF did not want to play manual games with The King, it was the >responsibility of the company selling The King to help them getting >it tested automatically. > >If they don't want to do this, there should be no reason to thank them >for that by giving The King a totally unfair advantage. > Gian-Carlo you are exaggerating. The general.ctg is a good but not superb book. It is relatively old. There are newer books which are superior. Every amateur in the SSDF - List is using the general.ctg - book. I don't see how that qualifies as a "totally unfair advantage". Of course SSDF could have stick to their rigid position "if the company does'nt provide us with the software like we want it we will not test it". But I'm happy that they changed that. >In case it still hasn't gotten through, a good book and a good learner >represent a significant time and research investment and I'd be damn pleased >if someone could tell me why The King gets it for free while programs like >Rebel, ChessTiger and Ruffian have to make their own. > >-- >GCP Of course every engine should now be allowed to play under the CB-GUI with the general.ctg with the best settings, which authorices the author. All consumers would be happy to see Rebel and DeepSjeng on the list even with the general.ctg and playing under the CB-GUI. regards Joachim
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.