Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 11:51:17 02/08/04
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On February 08, 2004 at 12:22:37, Christophe Theron wrote: >On February 08, 2004 at 06:55:43, Eelco de Groot wrote: > >>Hi Christophe, >> >>Success with Chess Tiger X! Does it still use the hybrid set-up, I mean with >>part of the engine not knowing all the rules of chess? > > > >Yes, it is a faster engine. > > > >>I know it is not the way you have been working on Tiger, but I still wonder if >>people would be interested in having someting like a personality editor for >>Tiger. I know I have had a lot of fun with that in Rebel but maybe that is >>personal. Still, I think it is worth considering for the future? Personally I >>don't find the SSDF numbers most important, less important than the quality and >>"feel" of the analysis lines, which is not exactly the same thing? > > > >I consider that a personality editor would be a nice thing to sell more, but it >is a gadget. I focus on improving playing strength. A personality editor would >please people who would create a new personality, play a 20 games match against >whatever, and claim they have found a significant improvement for Chess Tiger. >It is a feature designed to please the ego of the user, who would think that he >is able to improve a chess engine without actually knowing anything about the >inner workings of that engine. > >So you see, I do not have a great opinion of this feature, but I might add it if >it can help to sell more. > >Sorry for being a little rude, I'm just trying to express my opinion honestly. > > A personality makes a chess engine more fun for many users. It enables the user to tune the engine to increase variability in play. It also allows a user to tweak the engine to see if he can beat the default settings -- that is fun as it seems to upset the programmer more than anything else ;>) Anything that makes an engine more fun to play with will probably help increase sales -- as just all the professional engines can beat just about about anyone at any time - we are left to our own devices to create fun of of the chess playing monstors. Many of the people who use Crafty 19.10 SE, use it with their childred - as I created personalities that a child just learning to play chess for the first time can beat. I know that because they send me e-mails telling me what they are using Crafty SE for. In fact during the month of January - over 1000 poeple downloaded Crafty 19.10/08 SE (with personality) from Leo's site. Those people are not downloading Crafty 19.10 SE becasue they want to please their ego - they downloaded Crafty 19.10 Se becasue they want to have fun. Chess is a game and for most people, (save for the few chess playing professionals) it is about having fun. You play the game to have fun. I think Chess is the greates gamet ever invented. Almost every day, I see something about a chess position that I have never seen before. Then we go back to games played years ago and replaythem over and over agin - why ? because there was something special about that game or a position. I really do not think it is that complicated and I apologize for being a little rude, but I'm just trying to express my opinion honestly ;>).
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