Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 07:55:39 04/19/04
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On April 19, 2004 at 10:19:59, Barry Baker wrote: <snip> >As Mike indicated, the weakened Crafty's are very popular on ICC.<snip>> >Barry This fact supports the idea that making deliberately dumbed down engines is a worthwhile endeavor. Testing on a chess server rates the dumbed down machine, with different dumbing schemes producing different ratings on the servers. Perhaps the time will arrive when the "dumbing down" concept will have achieved some sophistication. Popularity of dumbed down machines on servers and the marketing success of the ChessMaster program [which offers "dumbed down" modes] both indicate that chess programmers should pursue this idea. Bob D.
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