Author: Chessfun
Date: 23:16:07 03/17/04
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On March 18, 2004 at 02:03:15, Johan de Koning wrote: >On March 17, 2004 at 12:35:08, John Merlino wrote: > >>On March 17, 2004 at 06:58:15, Harald Faber wrote: >> >>>On March 17, 2004 at 04:21:06, Graham Banks wrote: >>> >>>>As Kurt and other CM devotees are aware, I did extensive work on devising CM8000 >>>>settings, many of which are on Surak's website (my most successful being the >>>>early CM Titan and the later CM Legend settings). >>>>Inspired again by the experimentation of others in getting better results than >>>>the default settings for CM9000, I will unveil CM9000 (The Judge) in my upcoming >>>>Super Tournament II. >>>>I'm looking forward to seeing how CM9000 performs with these new settings, >>>>having been a little disappointed with the default settings. >>> >>> >>>Sorry I am only kidding with CM 9000 WCH (World Champion) settings. >>>Aren't you getting tired creating new settings which seem to be better than the >>>original ones and/or the thousand different settings posted by other CM >>>enthusiasts - and finally are NOT? >> >>It's really a question of how you decide if these custom settings are "better" >>or not. Under the parameters of the tests (which typically involve a specific >>time control on specific hardware), almost invariably the custom settings >>perform better than the default. I don't think people would be posting their >>results if they were not noticeably better than the default under the same >>situation. >> >>But, most of the time, these new settings perform no better than (or sometimes >>even worse) than the default settings on significantly different hardware with >>significantly different time controls (tournament vs. blitz, for example). So >>that is why most of these new settings come with caveats that make it clear that >>the settings are only for certain situations. >> >>The default settings are designed to be as good as possible for the hugely >>divergent hardware and gaming requirements of the hundreds of thousands of >>Chessmaster users. Obviously, then, there must be some way to make minor (or >>even significant) improvements if all you are concerned about is maximizing the >>strength of the engine on YOUR computer and with YOUR favorite time control. > >Well spoken! >BUT ... > >... I'd like to add that YOUR opponent is at least as important >as YOUR computer x YOUR time control. > >People on this forum often talk about "strength" and "stronger" >while they actually mean "performance against programs X and Y". >It is definitely cool to score against X or Y. And let's face it, >it is what's keeping the interest in computer chess alive today. >BUT ... > >... The first goal of CM's engine is to be a reliable mentor and >analysis tool. Speculative settings, no matter how well they are >tuned against the latest X and Y, are simply off limits. > >... Johan There are also those tournaments where the default personality wins! http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=316859 Sarah.
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