Author: Harald Faber
Date: 04:26:57 12/23/98
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On December 23, 1998 at 07:01:04, Nouveau wrote: >I don't know if the following has been discussed before around here, so I try to >expose my idea ! > >I have been reading CCC since the beginning and RGCC for 2 years, and I could >see that many people do computer-computer tournaments. We can read dozens of >match results and hundreds of games. I think that now we perfectly know the Top >10, and we know that they are about the same strength (less than 100 Elo points >difference), so why not trying another type of tournament ? > >Chess programs have different styles : they don't treat positions the same way, >they don't "understand" chess the same way, so why not thematic tournaments ? > >For example, how do they deal with the Ruy Lopez ? Which one is the best >Scottish player ? Which one defends best against the King's gambit ? > >I'm sure we could have interesting results. The point is not to have another war >about strength, but to have a better idea of the way computer chess programs >deal with different type of positions : it is a very rare subject here. > >It was just an idea... > >Jeff This reminds me on the Nunn test which indeed is a thematic test. 10 (equal) opening positions are taken out of the opening theory. Indeed some try to test strength with this test...
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