Author: Duncan Roberts
Date: 04:08:09 12/22/03
Different software engines have different strengths and weaknesses in different types of positions and I once saw mentioned the idea that one could raise the elo level of chess software by 150 points by having some software which would interface with the top 5 programs and would have all of the strengths and none of the weaknesses of each individual program. This would be achieved as the interface program would ask the individual program to only play the type of position it played best at. kasparov once mentioned that in certain positions junior plays at 150 elo points higher than the competition, on the other hand he said fritz is more 'certain'. An interface program should be a far tougher challenge for kasparov to crack. It would truly reflect the best of computer science against the best chess player. I do not know much about computer chess, but I assume that to implement this in at least a basic way should not take a great deal of time. (a week ?) Is this right? and if so (although it is easy to ask) why is nobody doing it.? There must be many good programmers on this site whose chess programs while good cannot realistically hope to reach the 'top 10'. Surely (assuming the top 5 chess program authors co-operate with this) they would be making a much bigger contribution to computer chess by implementing an interface program. duncan roberts
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