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Subject: Re: ICC (Mis)adventures

Author: Tom Likens

Date: 13:25:41 05/21/04

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On May 21, 2004 at 15:18:59, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 21, 2004 at 15:02:32, Tom Likens wrote:
>
>>
>>Djinn just had one of those "interesting" encounters on ICC that
>>occasionally happen.  It lost to a 1600 player at a TC of "10 3".
>>Always, interesting and maybe something more.  The next game
>>with the same player was a draw and the final game initially
>>was going against Djinn but it eventually turned the tide in a
>>2-Rook vs. Queen, opposite side castling free-for-all and
>>cashed in the full point.  After this the 1600 player decided to
>>move on to greener pastures.
>>
>>Now I'm not accusing anyone of anything (anyone can have
>>a great day), but if it's something more (nefarious), well, what really
>>bothers me about these "encounters" is that I never get to find
>>out which version of Crafty, Yace, Shredder, Hiarcs, Fritz,
>>Chess Tiger etc. etc. Djinn actually lost to, drew and then
>>finally beat. ;-)
>>
>>How the heck is a poor engine author going to track their
>>creation's progress?!!
>>
>>cheers,
>>--tom
>
>
>this is a problem that will never go away.  It is more common at the 1600 level
>than at the 2500 level, thankfully...

Well, I guess I'm making some progress.  In the old days Djinn
would have lost 10 games in a row and been completely routed.
So a loss, a draw and a win is good news.  It would be nice to
be taken off the "easy" prey list eventually.

--tom



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