Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 01:06:11 02/29/04
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On February 28, 2004 at 12:03:27, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On February 28, 2004 at 10:51:27, Mike S. wrote: > >>On February 28, 2004 at 08:05:26, Terry Giles wrote: >> >>>Nice idea, however I fear this would ultimately render even more drawn games. At >>>the best it would likely end with three or four players/programs all sharing >>>first place. >> >>I think the humans would be forced to go for a win more often against each >>other, to improve their chances to rank higher than the strong programs. I'd >>like to add an additional rule though, that the programs shouldn't be allowed to >>agree to a draw as long as the eval is better than -0.3. >> >>I suppport the idea to add chess programs to such tournaments (again), and more >>often than in the past. >> >>Regards, >>M.Scheidl > > I do not support the idea to add chess programs to such tournaments. > This would only lead to [as soon as humans have learnt to play > the "do-nothing-but-do-it-well-strategy] dull drawn games. > Kurt Hi Kurt, well, the Shredder 7.0 in Argentina was the CB version with the extended book. I mean with high variety included, which includes several weak lines which help human players to play for a draw. If allowed to play a very strong tournament we could prepare a specific book avoiding draw games and play to win all games. The commercial version cannot include that as it has to be a compromise to be good for as many players as possible and with a high variety. If we will have the chance to play Kasparov this year you will see what I mean by playing to win all games... Ciao Sandro
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