Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 00:44:59 06/01/04
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On June 01, 2004 at 03:27:37, José Carlos wrote: >> >>It's a very powerful feature, too powerful IMO if not all engines have it. >>I'm quite sure even Ruffian would lose 10-90 if Crafty had aggressive learning >>and Ruffian just used a small book without learning. >>You can be of the opinion that's a fair result, I think it is pure nonsense. >>Granted, it demonstrates that Crafty has learning that works, but what other >>conclusions can you hope to draw from it? > > > I disagree but I think we can agree that it's a matter of taste. IMO, Ruffian >has a very good selective search. Using your reasoning, we could say "if Ruffian >beats Crafty we can draw the conclusion that Ruffian has a much better selective >search, but the result is not fair, it should use only null move. Otherwise, the >comparison is nonsense". :) Yesterday I played a few games on fics against a Crafty clone, I think it was already game 5 where Crafty managed to repeat a won game. I was very close to resigning already at move 10, the position was not lost at that point but I knew the game would be of course. More importantly, where is the _fun_ in that, why even play the game? Who in the world gets a kick out of seeing the same games over and over? -S.
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