Author: Uri Blass
Date: 14:01:04 12/18/03
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On December 18, 2003 at 16:14:58, Peter Berger wrote: >On December 18, 2003 at 15:58:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 18, 2003 at 15:45:17, Peter Berger wrote: >>>The end of the match is approaching fast - will Junior manage to fight back >>>another time ?? >> >>Did I misunderstand your strategy? IE when you said "first to six wins" I >>was thinking the first to get 6 points ahead. Perhaps you meant the first >>to win six games even if the match ends 6-5? > >Yes, you misunderstood. Quote from >http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?336001: > >"The match will be done like older FIDE world championship matches - the first >one to win 6 games wins the match, draws won't count." > >Baguio 1978 for example was won by Karpov against Kortchnoi 6:5 with 21 draws - >I use the same system here. We won't get a statistically significant result - my >life (and holidays) are much too short for that :). > >>If you want to see the book learner work effectively, here is what to do >>(if you play another match): ><snip> >>I don't play like that on ICC as it is way too strict and I want lots of >>variability. >> >>But it will make a difference, if you really think you like aggressive >>learning. There is no way to be more aggressive than what the above >>will do. :) > >First, thanks for the info on the booklearner. You should add this to Crafty's >README IMHO - I think some users will be interested very much. > >Here it doesn't matter much what I personally like as my task simply was to >setup both programs in an optimal way according to their producers/authors. >Personally I dislike all kind of booklearners btw. > >But I really can't understand how you can say that Crafty likes variety against >computers - with default settings it certainly has the narrowest book against >computers from all engines I have ever seen. And I really think this is a very >bad idea as partially also shown in this match. Thank good that even the 3% >moves sometimes show up eventually - it might save Crafty's head in this match >;). > >All the best, >Peter I am practically sure that Movei with default setting has a smaller book than Crafty. Uri
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