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Subject: Re: why is open file code such a big deal for programmers?

Author: K. Burcham

Date: 04:46:28 11/17/03

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On November 17, 2003 at 04:51:55, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>On November 17, 2003 at 04:20:42, martin fierz wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>the real question should be: why do programs like fritz play these closed
>>positions worse than any 2000 player? fritz' programmers surely know about
>>those weaknesses, why have they never been addressed? with a whole team of
>>professionals working on it...
>
>Because it won't give you anything for the SSDF rating list?
>
>It probably takes much more work than just a few if-statements here and there,
>so if you're not committed to playing against humans, it probably won't happen
>that fast. Rating lists are (sadly - IMHO) one of the main criteria to sell
>chess software and the "relevant" lists are computer lists. Therefore comp-comp
>games get the main focus.
>
>Sargon

Yes I understand. I thought about this too. It would seem that one could have
anti-human setting for this code to play open files and exchange pawns early.

kburcham



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