Author: enrico carrisco
Date: 08:59:10 10/16/04
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On October 16, 2004 at 04:54:30, Sandro Necchi wrote: >On October 15, 2004 at 23:23:04, enrico carrisco wrote: > >>On October 15, 2004 at 20:51:28, Albert Silver wrote: >> >>>On October 15, 2004 at 18:17:46, enrico carrisco wrote: >>> >>>>On October 15, 2004 at 10:23:14, Albert Silver wrote: >>>> >>>>>On October 14, 2004 at 20:40:26, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>He does now. >>>>>>Fdo >>>>> >>>>>He has for quite some time. I am fairly sure I recall reading he had Fritz 6 and >>>>>a couple of other programs he tested against in the past. Now I'm sure there >>>>>will be others, such as the latest Fritz and especially Shredder. Really amazing >>>>>how Shredder dominates the comp-comp playing field. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Well, like I've always felt -- testing against other programs during development >>>>is a good way to gauge progress and find weakpoints in your additions, but I >>>>hope we aren't moving towards "specific tuning" vs. other programs. >>>> >>>>That is not an asset to computer chess at all -- it's actually quite disgusting. >>>> >>>>-elc. >>> >>>Well, if he can 'tune' against Shredder, Fritz, Junior, Hiarcs, AND Pro Deo.... >>>all I can say is "wow". :-) >>> >>> Albert >> >>Yes, of course "wow" -- because that is adding strength/knowledge in a general >>"overall" sense (the honest way.) >> >>Now if all the above engines were tuned against and the tuned program had a >>parameters menu that asked which engine it was playing -- we're back to the >>disgusting territory. :) > >Which program has that feature? > >Sandro None that I know of.. I was just explaining the worst (possible) case scenario of what an author could do that was doing specific tuning against other engines. As I said in a previous messages, I sincerely hope things don't move in that direction. -elc.
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