Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 16:01:15 10/31/03
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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. > >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 A small correction: Ruffian has had _no_ learner in his SSDF testing. Ruffian does _not_ learn as a UCI engine yet, only as WB engine... (Per-Ola admits that it's his own fault). On the other hand, Ruffian has used his own book. Djordje
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