Author: Uri Blass
Date: 04:50:54 02/16/04
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On February 16, 2004 at 07:22:24, Jorge Pichard wrote: >The closed positions features is great for Shredder, but is NOT scoring high >against a great program like Fritz. I would like to point out that NOT even 25% >of the CCC members use chess programs to play against them, unless we can still >find a 486 @66 MHz; simply we don't have a chance, unless we are rated over 2400 >and prefer to match program vs program :-) > >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1478 > >I want to call your attention to two areas of this Engine Parameters display. >First, note the pulldown menu near the bottom. This gives you five different >"preset" styles of play for the engine to use. The default is "Intelligent", but >you can try any or all of these settings to see how they affect Shredder's play. > >The toggle that really struck me is near the top of the display: "Prefer open >positions". Isn't that a given? It's been a truism for years in the computer >chess world that computer programs always tend to prefer open positions. So why >would there be a toggle for this in the Engine Parameters display -- and why >would the default setting be the "off" position? > >That, friends, is the single best illustration I can give you as to how >different Shredder is from other chess engines. Most chess programs avoid closed >positions like the plague. No I believe that most chess engines have symmetric evaluation. Why do you think that most chess programs avoid closed positions. Maybe they do not play them well relative to humans but I guess that comp-comp games is what interests most programmers and they have no reason to avoid closed positions in comp-comp games. Uri
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