Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 04:24:59 12/22/03
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On December 22, 2003 at 07:08:09, Duncan Roberts wrote: >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. > So, the interface program has to find out, which engine to invoke in a particular position. I would guess that this is at least a highly non-trivial task. -:) I am also quite doubtful whether it really makes sense to switch engines within a game, this way violating continuity of game. E.G., engine A may thrive for a position which engine B doesn't like at all. BTW, SMK's older project - development of a kind of triple-brain - had gone a bit into a similar direction. Stephan had 2 different engines, analyzing simultaneously, and a 3rd program controlling them and making a decision which result to accept. AFAIK, this project had terminated. Uli > > > > >duncan roberts
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