Author: Chessfun
Date: 22:00:22 11/01/03
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On November 01, 2003 at 05:14:42, Johan de Koning wrote: >On October 31, 2003 at 05:05:49, Chessfun wrote: > >>On October 31, 2003 at 02:40:26, Johan de Koning wrote: >> >>>On October 30, 2003 at 14:32:08, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>I don't understand why ChessMaster is allowed to use a Kure book (general.ctg) >>>>in the SSDF testing. >>> >>>The SSDF is allowed to test anything they want. >>>That's the bottom line, even though it is the top line in this case. >>> >>>Pleasing everyone is nice, as long as you're able to do so. >>>When more than 1 player is involved it's a different story. >>> >>>>Last time this happened (with Gromit) it was specifically said by Alex Kure >>>>that it was _not_ allowed to use the Fritz books to test anything other >>>>than Fritz. So why is ChessMaster using it now? Did Kure give permission >>>>(which I seriously doubt)? >>>> >>>>IMHO using the ChessBase learner for ChessMaster is also very questionable. >>> >>>Wel, here's something we agree on. >>>For different reasons I guess, since IMHO learning should always be turned off. >>>But we might as well revive the cooked book discussion of many years ago, and >>>demand that the SSDF will only test fixed starting positions. Which BTW will >>>eventually happen, when o-books are regarded as merely WC preparation. >>> >>>... Johan >> >>Posted by : Johan de Koning on May 24, 2003 at 23:06:09 >> >>"Also I would still like to see the SSDF testing the SKR settings if that's OK >>with them. But due to technical difficulties that's looking like a long term >>plan at the moment. :-)" >> >>Did you have any communication with the SSDF regarding using CM9K with these >>settings? and have they used these upon your recommendation?. > >Yes, I did have brief communications with SSDF's Petterson ans SKR's Kurt. >Though I didn't make any hard recomendations, the consensus seemed to be >that the Sedat-Kurt-Rolf settings were the obvious way to test CM9's engine, >assuming there was only 1 to choose. > >That happened before the above quote. Guess things sometimes take time to work through the system. And a consensus between you and Petterson would indicate that you agreed those settings should be used over the default. >[enlightnment section] >Q: What is Ebbis? >A: Ebbis (Ebbi's) is short for Eberhard Boerger's WinBoard232.exe, which is > a program that behaves as a WB engine on one end and an Auto232 interface > on the other end. That way a WB-GUI (like CM8000) can be tricked into > playing a game through cable without even knowing it. >[back to now] > >>Did you not >>discuss using CM9K with Ebbis autoplayer with the SSDF rather than using >>general.ctg and a CB gui?. > >This subject was dropped when the issue shfited to TK-under-CB. >As I mentioned 10 days ago, I failed to bring it up again. :-( But why did it switch to the CB interface when previously they ran using Ebbi's autoplayer and the default book. In the conversation/s you had with Petterson wasn't this the way you expected it to be tested or were those conversation/s also about the interface? Sarah.
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